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TIL “Extra Extra! Read all about it!” Was used by Newsies to sell special edition newspapers called “extras”, not actual excess newspapers.

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wLMP1 TIL that the only woman to ever give the Oath of Office to a US president is federal judge Sarah Hughes, who swore in LBJ the day JFK was shot. Hughes was a Kennedy appointee
4XZgo TIL that there is a Darth Vader 'Gargoyle' on the exterior of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington DC
oB07W TIL that in Full Metal Jacket Stanley Kubrick asked Matthew Modine (who played Joker) to keep a running photo diary of the filming over two years.
NXGaM TIL that the first atheist organization was the National Secular Society, founded in the UK in 1866. They gained attention for their promotion of birth control and sex education.
jNOkN TIL that in 2004 a burglar broke into the house of a 73 years old grandma, who instead of calling the cops, offered him food and a glass of milk, pray for him and even shared family photos with the burglar. Later when he fell asleep the grandma called her daughter who then called the cops