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TIL comedian Stewart Lee frequently stole material from his partner Richard Herring.

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Q476 TIL it is illegal for bars in Colorado to sell beer with LESS than 4% alcohol by volume
Lk1rm TIL Lincoln's cabinet was a team of rivals, including notable William Seward, who was initially resentful & condescending of the president. The two eventually became close personal friends, spending many nights bonding over stories, good humor, & politics, much to the dismay of other cabinet members
4Xm05 TIL of Jackie Coogan, a child actor in the silent film era who earned millions of dollars, only to find out in his 20s that his parents spent it all on jewelry and cars. He sued and the litigation resulted in the passage of the Coogan Act, which protects child actors
x6J8D TIL TV physicist Brian Cox was also the keyboard player for D:Ream
6E7Pl TIL Coco Chanel was a confirmed Nazi agent who went under the code name 'Westminster'. She spent most of WW2 in Paris in the Ritz, sleeping with Nazi officers and had direct contact to Himmler and Goebbels.