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TIL that Charlie Chaplin once anonymously entered a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest, and came third

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dDyEQ TIL that the United States 50 State Quarter program was inspired by Canada making quarters for each province and territory in 1992 for the 125th anniversary of Confederation
oBxxY TIL Guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier take an average of six hours to prepare their uniform. They are also required to memorize 35 pages of information about Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, including the locations of 300 graves and who is buried in each one.
dDwjj TiL After the Monkees broke up, Peter Tork briefly worked as a high school teacher in the mid-70's. He taught music, social studies, math, French and history, and coached baseball at several schools.
eKEk TIL there are rainbow mountains in China that have formed as the result of 24 million years of multicolored sandstone pressed together.
WKLd TIL of Lazzaro Spallanzani, who dressed male frogs in tight pants so that their sperm couldn’t escape into female frogs. He proved that the creation of new life required both the sperm and the egg.