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TIL Jason Alexander (George Costanza) is a practicing magician, and only switched to acting as a career when he realized that he was unlikely to succeed as a magician.

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r0nW TIL Britney Spears’ father has a permanent conservatorship on her daughter, which is usually reserved for the severely mentally ill. Britney has reportedly stated that she really wants to quit the show business, but she can’t make any personal or financial decisions and is forced to continue.
OGkP6 TIL that the assassination of President WilliamMcKinley by Leon Czolgosz in 1901 led to the formation of modern-day Secret Service and also the FBI. In addition, after he was executed by electric chair a month after his trial Czolgosz's coffin was covered in acid so his body would dissolve.
Lll9 TIL That the first spacesuits for the Apollo missions were designed by the bra-maker Playtex, not a military contractor. Their designs were so much better than anyone else’s that they had to be taken seriously.
OoR6L TIL that American citizens were also transported as convicts to Australia
97vp TIL There exists a giant cloud of alcohol in outer space which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.