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TIL the first fan hit by a puck at the Florida Panthers’ current arena was a 5-year-old Ariana Grande

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GYLMQ TIL: A survey in 1577 of drinking establishment in England and Wales for taxation purposes recorded 14,202 alehouses, 1,631 inns, and 329 taverns, representing one pub for every 187 people.
e0OyJ TIL that in 1992, National Public Radio ran a spot with former President Richard Nixon saying he was running for president again. It was an actor, not Nixon, and the segment was an April Fools' prank.
GX1g TIL in 1524, a statue of the Virgin Mary was found guilty of being a witch and burned.
MeDJV TIL designer Coco Chanel was a Nazi spy and was directly involved in a plan for the Third Reich to take control of Madrid
XmWj TIL when Groundhog Day was released, the Washington Post wrote that “‘Groundhog’ will never be designated a national film treasure by the Library of Congress”. In 2006, the film was selected by the National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress.