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TIL Jerry Seinfeld’s grandparents were from Aleppo, Syria

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9eQQ TIL that the singular form of confetti is “confetto”.
VAP8 TIL In the fifth season of South Park, they were going to kill off the character of Kyle in the episode “Kenny Dies”. They thought the characters Stan and Kyle were too similar, and wanted to “genuinely shock the fans.”
Me1yA TIL: Charles Joseph Bonaparte, the great-nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, lived in Maryland and served in the cabinet of President Theodore Roosevelt. He created the FBI.
mGWR TIL that William Whipple freed his slaves when he signed the Declaration of Independance, because he believed that he could not fight for freedom and own slaves
MerLB TIL that after being shot 14 times in the St Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929 victim Frank Gusenberg told police "No one shot me" and died three hours later.