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TIL Bill Clinton lost the nuclear launch codes for several months

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0dX8y TIL that Thurl Ravenscroft, the voice actor who did Tony The Tiger and sang "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" and Peanuts's "No Dogs Allowed", also recorded a cover of Kermit the Frog's theme song, "(It's Not Easy) Bein' Green".
78EOM TIL the artist Patrick Nagel, who created the cover art for Duran Duran's Rio album, died of a heart attack after a 15-min. celebrity Aerobathon to raise money for the American Heart Association
5wJr TIL Andre the Giant had surgery, but the doctors could not figure out how much anesthesia to use due to his size. They instead used Andre’s claim that “it usually takes two liters of vodka just to make me feel warm inside” as their guide.
Brydr TIL Ronald Reagan's pet name for his wife Nancy was "Mommie Poo Pants"
VMwom TIL “&” used to be the 27th character in the alphabet. Originally pronounced ‘and’ the ABC’s ended X,Y,Z and and. To clarify, people would say X,Y,Z, and, by itself, and. Or, incorporating the Latin phrase, X,Y,Z and ‘per se’ and. “And per se and” got contracted to ampersand. *