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TIL Joseph Stalin plotted to kill John Wayne

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OG4o4 TIL that in Zimbabwe, there's a contest to crown the ugliest man. It's called Mr. Ugly, where contestants compete for the title of the ugliest. The winner, chosen by either a jury or public vote, walks away with a $500 prize.
R7B7a TIL There is only one VC winner from WWII still alive and he is 100
Bg4Dy TIL Jefferson Davis, president of the confederacy, was 19 years older than his second wife when they married. On their honeymoon, he took her to his dead first wife’s grave. Charmer.
VBND8 TIL that Charles Domery, an 18th-century Polish soldier, had such an extraordinary appetite that while imprisoned in England, he reportedly ate 174 cats in a single year, along with rats, candles, and even a severed human leg.
VB5x4 TIL there has only ever been 167 featured cast members of Saturday Night Live