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TIL that Ayn Rand enrolled in Medicare and Social Security

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ne60W TIL In 1952, Tony the Tiger won a popularity contest against three other characters — Katy the Kangaroo, Elmo the Elephant, and Newt the Gnu — to become the new Frosted Flakes mascot.
4kl7o TIL that before Ozzy Osbourne famously bit the head off a bat he bit the head off of two live Doves that were meant to represent peace.
ADEM7 TIL Charley Pride couldn’t make the majors in baseball, so he did something even more improbable—he became the first black superstar in country music.
KYjRw TIL about Anne Green, who was sentenced to death by hanging over the murder of her stillborn child, revived back to life by blowing smoke up her butt and placing her in bed with another woman, recovered completely, and was pardoned.
GAQbJ TIL Syracuse, NY has the only upside-down traffic light in the world