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TIL that the Tom and Jerry Christmas special “The Night Before Christmas” was released a day before the Attack on Pearl Harbor.

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dDbB TIL that Moray eels have a second set of jaws inside their mouths (known as pharyngeal jaws) that look just like the paired mouths in the movie “Alien”
16y98 TIL in 1314 the Tour de Nesle affair was a scandal that saw the daughters-in-law of Philip IV accused of adultery, leading to their imprisonments & executions of their lovers. The severe shock may have contributed to Philip’s death months later & contributed to the start of the Hundred Years War
47KR TIL that senator Daniel Webster was offered the office of Vice President by both William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor, he did not accept either as he thought the position would lead nowhere, choosing instead to make three failed Presidential campaigns. Both Taylor and Harrison died in office.
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