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TIL Timothy Treadwell lost out on the role of Woody on "Cheers"

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5YvDD TIL Before Edward I was king of England, he was a prisoner of Simon de Montfort. One day, he asked if he could ride the guards horses and raced them one by one. When he got to the last horse, he rode off to freedom, and all the other horses were too tired to give chase.
8n0a TIL in 1995 Chris Farley crashed a House Republican Meeting and did his impersonation of Newt Gingrich
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5Yx18 TIL Jackie Kennedy's pink suit worn when her husband, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated is locked away in the National Archives until at least 2103.