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TIL Peter Billingsley who played Ralphie in “A Christmas Story” also played the head elf in “Elf”.

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DpBe TIL former Governor Jesse Ventura never met with any lobbyists, and never accepted any money from PACs during his 4 year service as governor of Minnesota.
xVZro TIL Children commonly develop an accent closer to that of their peers than their parents’ native accent. There have been no recorded cases of children speaking with a foreign accent that they have not been exposed to
1ldW TIL that close to 1800 studies have been conducted over the last 20 years to see the effects of public opinion on policies. The study showed that American public opinion has 0 to negligible effect on policies. But corporate donor effect had a direct correlation to policies.
0d8B1 TIL the Minnesota Twins moved to Minneapolis one year after the Minneapolis Lakers left for LA. The Twins used the name of the state because they didn't want to alienate potential fans in St. Paul. At first, they were to be named the Twin Cities Twins, but MLB objected to that name.
wLyjY TIL that Chick-fil-A was originally founded as the Dwarf Grill in 1946, changing the name to 'Dwarf House' until rebranding as Chick-fil-A in 1967.