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

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0d0yN TIL the 2024 Ig Nobel prize in physiology was awarded to researchers who discovered that mammals can breathe through their anuses. This might offer an alternative way of getting oxygen into critically ill patients if ventilator & artificial lung supplies run low.
0ALM TIL Mr. Rogers personally molded the 100 Billionth crayon at Crayola
aww5Z TIL the scene in Blazing Saddles in which a character knocks out a horse with a punch was inspired by a real life event in which Mel Brook's friend Sid Caesar knocked out a horse with a punch after it had thrown his wife off its back.
P0WZ TIL when actor James Cagney received an honorary degree he surprised the university by submitting a paper on soil conservation
kJ4re TIL a volcanic eruption in 1783 in Iceland led to famine across Europe which may have spurred the French Revolution and modern democracy.