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TIL that Sandra Lee from Food Network's "Semi-Homemade Cooking" is current New York Governor Cuomo's ex and was New York's de facto First Lady for 8 years

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M7GyV TIL that in 1861 the first Kansas state legislature gave women the right to vote in school elections.
RWLQ TIL that Croatian fascists created a type of knife literally called a “Serb cutter” in order to faster kill prisoners in concentration camps during WWII with concentration guards holding contests to see who could kill the most in one day (the record was 1,360)
bAj9 TIL a NY woman spent 2 years defending herself against a $10M lawsuit by an aspiring musician who alleged that her unattractive appearance at a gig destroyed his potentially very profitable idea to form New York’s first Pink tribute band.
4kMMX TIL that the British tenor, Alfie Boe, got his big break while he was an apprentice mechanic. He enjoyed singing opera arias while he polished the cars, and one day was overheard by a client with connections in the music industry who suggested he should audition for an opera company.
VMrLB TIL Peter Jackson originally pitched adapting the Lord of the Rings into two movies. That was changed by Bob Shaye, head of New Line who asked “Why would you do two films when there’s three books? Why wouldn’t you do three films?”