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TIL of Totino-Grace High School, a Catholic school named after both Archbishop Thomas L. Grace and Jim and Rose Totino, the frozen pizza entrepreneurs behind Totino's Pizza Rolls.

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g5R7 TIL Until the late 1400s the word ‘girl’ just meant a child of either sex. If you had to differentiate between them, male children were referred to as 'knave girls’ and females were 'gay girls’. Equally, a boy could be called a 'knave child’ and a girl a 'maiden child’.
W7Noo TIL As a more humane form of execution Nevada tried to pump cyanide gas into Jon Gee's cell while he slept. The gas leaked out so in 1924 they built and used on him, the first gas chamber in the USA.
yQjGX TIL when NBC decided to air 'The Office' after the Super Bowl, execs encouraged the show's producers to cast celebrity guest stars. They booked Jack Black, Jessica Alba, and Cloris Leachman but instead of writing them in with the regular cast, they stared in a fake movie the cast watched.
WkdRB TIL the Yongle Encyclopedia was six times larger than the Encyclopædia Britannica despite being written 300+ years earlier. It was regarded as the world's largest encyclopedia from 1408 to 2007
mQgO TIL that Kelsey Grammer expected to play Sideshow Bob only once on ‘The Simpsons’. Although the actor does not like performing the character’s evil laugh, Grammer says that Bob is the most popular character he has ever played, even more than Frasier Crane.