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TIL Burt Reynolds starred in a musical in 1975 that was such a disaster that the director had an apology printed in newspapers.

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5YZ4Q TIL that Sir Richard Whittington (Medieval Mayor of London, and inspiration for the Dick Whittington childrens stories) founded a charity upon his death in 1423. 600 years later, the charity is still operational, and continues to provide housing to the elderly and impoverished
v8PB TIL that the word “avocado” comes from the Aztec “ahuacacuahatl,” which translates to “testicle tree.”
PYQOn TIL that baby sand tiger sharks devour their siblings in the womb. The largest, usually the earliest, embryo devours the others, until only two dominant embryos are left. Female sand tiger sharks’ mate with multiple males and the babies will then compete in the womb to be born.
XQAR TIL in Thomas More’s Utopia, Utopian couples would see each other naked before they got married on the rationale that a man would not buy a horse before seeing every part of it beforehand.
8eyaV TIL most of the hats in the American Old West were bowlers instead of Stetsons.