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TIL Chevy Chase’s real name is “Cornelius Crane Chase”

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O4k4 TIL An Islamic cleric permitted a jihadi to have anal sex in oder to widen his anus to fit a suicide bomb
j47a TIL: English is the only language in the top ten most spoken languages that does not have a regulatory committee to approve spelling.
OovkR TIL that upon Apollo 12 being struck twice by lightning, it was feared that the explosive bolts which deployed the parachutes were critically damaged. This was not disclosed to the astronauts on board as there was little to be done which could remedy the possible issue.
yVMwp [TIL] Today I was reminded that Giorgio Moroder did the soundtrack to the Tron endless runner that was the last console game Disney made in-house.
8WmZ TIL President John Quincy Adams owned an aligator which he kept in the White House