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TIL that on his 82nd birthday party in 1993, Ronald Reagan, to everyone's surprise, toasted Margaret Thatcher twice using identical words and gestures. He was then diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in the next year

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ymMl TIL that after Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism upon marrying Arthur Miller, Egypt placed a ban on all the films she appeared in.
l6WK TIL Americans didn’t lose their British accent, the British accent evolved; Brits used to sound more like Americans rather than vice versa
GYN1Q TIL that during the filming of The Wizard of Oz and at other times of her career, Judy Garland was forced to diet and eat very little, and was bullied into using tobacco to suppress her appetite - all to keep her from looking at all chubby.
W7NKB TIL that wizards who ride dragons, control the weather, and go to a secret wizard school are a thing in Romanian folklore
wLlW7 TIL about Ali Maow Maalin. In 1977 he was diagnosed and later found to be the last known person to be naturally infected with smallpox. He made a full recovery and in the 2000's worked with the WHO on their successful polio eradication campaign in Somalia. He died of malaria in 2013.