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TIL the accent that most actors had in films from the 30's and 40's (i.e. Jimmy Stewart from It's a Wonderful Life) was known as "Transatlantic" and nobody ever actually spoke that way.

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pB18 TIL the first scene of the first episode of the TV show “Seinfeld” consisted of Jerry and George talking about the button’s on George’s shirt. During the last scene in the last episode, they have that exact same conversation word for word, effectively making the show come full circle.
rR0D1 TIL Second street is the most common street name
6EMJZ TIL the letter "A" is an upside down ox head - it's from an ancient Egyptian symbol of an ox, and "leads" the alphabet.
VMBNZ TIL of the "lizardman constant", which explains seemingly nonsensical poll results such as "4% of americans believe that lizards are running the earth" and "7% of americans think that chocolate milk comes from brown cows"
DQglr TIL - The same Duke of York, who lent his name to New York, also had the slaves of his Royal African Company branded with his title initials 'DY'.