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TIL that Brigham Young’s son (and namesake) was a cross-dressing singer with a “convincing falsetto”.

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OG7W7 TIL of Leisure Suit Larry. You play as Larry, a 38 year old balding virgin who lives in his moms' basement, and your goal is to get him laid in Las Vegas with the little money he has in his pocket, in 7 (realtime) hours.
N7EK6 TIL That in In Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Ohio, idiots don’t have the right to vote.
gya9 TIL Richard Pryor was raised in a brothel where his own mother worked. He found an escape in watching movies because, “you were never in doubt as to why the women in them were screaming.”
oBQ8K TIL: the term Vitamin was coined by Casimir Funk, who discovered specific substances that cause special diseases. He originally called them “Vital Amines”, but once non-amine substances were discovered, he shortened the name and removed the “e” to avoid confusion.
YpY1G TIL In the opening scene of the Disney movie 'The Little Mermaid', when King Triton arrives at the arena, Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck and Kermit the Frog can be briefly seen in the crowd of sea-people.