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TIL that in Finland, doctoral candidates who receive a PhD also receive a top hat and a sword

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gM857 TIL the same voice actor plays Andy in all three Toy Story films, despite the 11 year gap between Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3. Andy literally grew up with the rest of us during those movies.
vPd84 TIL in 2006 two woman were charged with criminal mischief for heating a fake penis called a “Whizzinator” in a convenience store microwave in order to pass a drug test. The clerk thought it was a real penis and called police. Charges were dropped after they agreed to replace the microwave.
neXVP TIL the last King of Bulgaria was banished as a child but later returned and became Prime Minister
RxR7 TIL that President John F. Kennedy used to keep a note in his pocket with the figure 118,574 - the number of votes he narrowly defeated Richard Nixon by.
ne7DG TIL the term "meme" was created by Richard Dawkins in 1976 as a shortened version of the Greek word mimeme, which means imitated thing.