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TIL that Chevy Chase and Anderson Cooper are cousins.

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xV9QB TIL: Mangos are in the same family as poison ivy, so if you are sensitive to poison ivy, the skin of a mango is likely to affect you too.
W7E7X TIL the longest and most contentious election for the speaker of the U.S House of Representatives occurred during its 34th Congress (1855-1857). It lasted two months, took 133 ballots, and necessitated a rule change allowing for a simple plurality of members to select the speaker.
ZpJOv TIL the first thanksgiving was actually held in St. Augustine, Florida by Catholic missionaries - 55 years prior to the famed Plymouth thanksgiving
W7Ead TIL Simon Weston was a British soldier during the Falklands war. His face was heavily disfigured by fire, when his troop ship was attacked in an Argentine air strike, required 96 operations to recover. He since made friends with the pilot who dropped the bomb that injured him so severely.
VND0 TIL comedian-actress Janeane Garofalo didn’t know she was married for 20 years to her writer ex-boyfriend, now a TV exec producer, believing their drunken Las Vegas wedding wasn’t official since they didn’t file any papers at a courthouse. Her “husband” discovered the truth before his real wedding.