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TIL the "Jeopardy!" theme song was originally intended as a lullaby for the composer's son

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epgL TIL Earl of Oxford, who bowed to the first Queen Elizabeth and accidentally farted. Overcome with shame he vanished and spent seven years traveling. On his return, the queen greeted him with: “My Lord, I had forgott the Fart.”
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