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TIL that RuPaul and Cory Booker are cousins

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GYD1g TIL In the third episode of season four of Game of Thrones, the Meereenese rider who challenges Daenerys' champion was hurling abuses which actually were Low Valyrian translation of the French guy's insults in Monty Python And The Holy Grail, such as "your mother was a hamster".
PZ5G TIL that Henry Allingham, the oldest Briton in history, credited his longevity to “cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women – and a good sense of humour”. He fought in WWI, worked as a engineer in WWII, and died at the age of 113.
wZ18 TIL Pioneering English scientist Francis Bacon died of pneumonia after trying to stuff a chicken with snow.
8eANK TIL Playboy Playmates started in Jan 1954 with a simple full page picture. The first two page centerfold was in July 1955, and the iconic three page centerfold in March 1956.
4kvoJ TIL that Jackie Robinson so loathed the idea of playing outside of New York City that he accepted a Vice President of Personnel position at another iconic New York institution, the Chock Full o’Nuts coffee chain, instead of moving with the Dodgers to Los Angeles.