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TIL Pixar's "UP" Was Originally About Two Princes, a Floating City, and a strange large bird

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dDXY8 TIL that Camilla's great-grandmother Alice Keppel was the mistress of Charles' great-great-grandfather, King Edward VII.
N75KJ TIL televangelist Jerry Falwell said in opposition to Brown v. Board of Education: When God has drawn a line of distinction, we should not attempt to cross that line.
GY9x7 TIL Ida Craddock, a 19th century sex educator, wrote pamphlets that advised couples on the importance of foreplay, complications of having too big of a penis, and how to properly rupture the hymen. She later committed suicide after being sentenced to prison for breaking obscenity laws.
bQ8j TIL those who survived the Pearl Harbor bombings and were crew members of the USS Arizona can still choose to be interred on the ship with their fallen crew mates.
KYepw TIL that “New Jersey”, gets its name from a British Island that’s just 14 miles off the North coast of France, because it was gifted by King Charles II to the De Carteret family in 1664 for their support during the English revolution.