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TIL Jacksonian Democrat William Rives looks just like Freddie Mercury

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Z8Y6a TIL that in Alabama tomorrow is Jefferson Davis Day which is still a state holiday. Instead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day they have Robert E Lee's Birthday, and April 22nd was Confederate Memorial Day.
PYMJE TIL that, after the Siege of Leningrad, there were so many rats that four wagons of cats were brought in to fight them. Citizens erected statues to those cats many years later.
mxOQM TIL When Michael Jackson was angry at one of the producers on a project because he was treating everyone terribly, rather than create a scene or fire the guy, Michael called him to his office and one of the security guards threw a pie in his face.
j6JZX TIL of the first interactive TV program, Winky Dink and You had children drawing and playing games on a static electricity-charged clear vinyl sheet on their TV screens.
ADB9o TIL that today, August 22, is the feast day of St. Guinefort, the Dog Venerated as a Saint