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TIL that Jerry Springer was once mayor of Cincinnati, OH.

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ney6d TIL that Napoleon's first language was not French. He grew up speaking Corsican and Italian and did not learn French until age 10. Throughout his life he spoke French with a heavy Corsican/Italian accent and never mastered French spelling.
EZNx TIL for the “horse of a different color” effect on The Wizard of Oz, horses were tinted with lemon, cherry and grape Jello powder, which the horses would persistently try to lick off.
aLeM TIL in 1999, New Mexico state Sen. Duncan Scott successfully got a bill passed in the NM senate requiring all psychiatrists testifying in court to wear a wizard’s hat.