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TIL Bill Murray has no agent or publicist,and books all of his movies and appearances on his own.

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XdBj TIL Vermont was an independent country for 14 years. A popular poem from Vermont at the time read “Come York or come Hampshire, come traitors or knaves, If ye rule o'er our land ye shall rule o'er our graves; Our vow is recorded—our banner unfurled, In the name of Vermont we defy all the world!”
WkwQ9 TIL Henry VI may have had a "sex coach", evidence suggests Henry and his wife, Margaret of Anjou, were occasionally joined by “trusted attendants” in the bedroom.
d86xQ TIL that Polish coffin company, Lindner, has had a "sexy" coffin calendar since 2010 [NSFW]
R5ljQ TIL There is still a WWII Landing Ship in service in the US as a car ferry. LST-510 Buncombe County was commissioned in 1944, landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day, and currently serves passengers between Connecticut and Long Island. It is perhaps the last D-Day ship still operating.
9YwbM TIL The most isolated tree on earth, The Ténéré Tree, was hit by a (probably) drunk driver in the middle of a desert.