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TIL of Maria Theresa, Queen of Austria and mother of 16 children, 5 of whom also became royalty.

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QJp99 TIL In the movie Step Brothers, in the scene where Brennan declares, “Did we just become best friends,” there is a sign in the background for Hugalo’s Pizza. Hugalo’s is the restaurant from which Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) delivered pizzas in Talladega Nights after his crash and mental breakdown.
Me0Ra TIL about the longest Filibuster in American History - A 24 hour speech by Sen. Storm Thurmond with the intention of stalling the passing of the civil rights act of 1957. He successfully spoke from 8:54pm to 9:12pm the next day, but the bill was still passed.
9wDd7 TIL There is a company that makes Jizzy jewelry.
KB0G TIL the reason the epidemic was called the “Spanish flu” is because neutral Spain had no wartime censorship during WWI. The press was free to report on outbreaks in Seville and Madrid, and on the illness of King Alfonso VIII. The first outbreak may have actually been in Kansas.
dQ8B TIL fashion designer Ralph Lauren’s original name is Ralph Lifshitz. He changed his name because, in his own words, “it has the word ‘shit’ in it”.