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TIL Florence Foster Jenkins (1868–1944) believed she was a great opera singer despite being completely tone-deaf. She performed in extravagant costumes, including tinsel wings, and dismissed laughter as jealousy. Her famous quote: “People may say I can't sing, but no one can ever say I didn't sing.”

v6XK TIL Billboards are illegal in Vermont
OVwX TIL there are 15 surviving autographs from William Shakespeare. None are spelled the same and none are spelled the way we do today.
gWLy TIL the efficiency of LEDs doubles every 36 months.
5YLRP TIL leprechauns are a protected species in the EU.
Rlba TIL: The Ottoman Empire still existed the last time the Chicago Cubs won a World Series