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TIL Fannie Flagg, author of the novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, played Nurse Wilkins in the 1978 movie Grease

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OokpY TIL that 'normalcy' was purely a mathematical term describing 'the condition of being at right angles' before US President Warren G Harding incorrectly used it in his 1920 campaign slogan 'Return to Normalcy'. Since then it has become a substitute for 'normality', mainly used in the United States.
XEGAD TIL: An 11 year old boy with 23 felonies for committing murder, arson, armed robbery, and was payed with candy he liked. He was murdered by his own fellow gang members who were 14 and 16 brothers
x66w1 TIL polar bears have transparent hollow fur and black skin
x6K0o TIL the red memorial poppy commemorating deceased veterans on Remembrance Day was originated by an American woman from Georgia
v11JL In a study just published by Y-H Ryu of the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, and colleagues, the astronomers calculate that 'the planet' must be somewhere around 13 times the mass of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system.