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TIL the baby from 'Labyrinth' is now a successful puppeteer

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awQNy TIL that while Marmite is particularly popular in the UK, it was actually invented by the German scientist Justus von Liebig. Yet another questionable German contribution to world history.
gM7Xy TIL that Shirley Temple witnessed the Soviet invasion of Prague following Prague Spring, later becoming ambassador to Czechoslovakia.
NXxbP TIL about Yolanda Fernández de Cofiño, inventor of the Happy Meal. She was the daughter of the Chilean embassador to Guatemala. Her husband owned the first McDonalds in Guatemala, and she went to study in the Hamburger University.
69bwZ TIL that "Ivan the Terrible" could more accurately be translated as "Ivan the Formidable"
Y7RDv TIL There's a sign on a rooftop near the airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that says "WELCOME TO CLEVELAND" just to mess with people flying into Milwaukee.