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TIL that black people were only allowed to eat vanilla ice cream on July 4th, so butter pecan was created as an alternative.

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LlXZ TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien (author of LoTR) was a member of The Tea Club Barrovian Society whose nine members met regularly at the Barrow Stores in Birmingham, England, UK. Of the Nine, only two survived WW1. J.R.R. Tolkien was deeply traumatized by the loss of almost all his closest friends.
0wN5N TIL that a chimpanzee became the 22nd most successful money manager on Wall St after choosing stocks by throwing darts at a board of 133 tech companies
9wNmr TIL that Body Dysmorphic Disorder has been historically diagnosed, one case including the ‘Wolf Man’ (1886-1979) who was so preoccupied with his nose, and believed that it was so ugly that he avoided all public life and work.
oRwjY TIL that the 1985 movie "Clue", based on the popular board game, was filmed with three different possible endings. Different cinemas received different reels, so all three endings were showing simultaneously at different venues.
KGy6 TIL Helen Keller was not born blind and deaf, but became so as a result of “brain fever” and was friends with many celebrities during her lifetime ranging from Mark Twain, Charlie Chaplin to John F. Kennedy