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TIL The association between glasses and being elderly/weak/passive faded when Theodore Roosevelt was regularly photographed wearing his pince-nez glasses. Other famously bespectacled people of the era are the actor Harold Lloyd and the cricket player Ernest Killick.

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J11ZB TIL that Boxer Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Clay) released an album of spoken word music titled “I am the greatest” in 1963. The album also features a cover of Stand by Me, sung by Ali. It was nominated for a Grammy award and has been identified as an early example of rap music.
kOW7m TIL that like many animated cartoons from the 1930-50s, Tom and Jerry featured racial stereotypes. After explosions, for example, characters with blasted faces would resemble stereotypical blacks, with large lips and bow-tied hair. Today, these gags are often censored when these shots are aired.
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M7XL0 TIL about "Ministerial Responsibility", something which exists in Westminster-style governments, whereby government ministers are expected to resign if waste, corruption or misbehavior has occurred in their part of the government.