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TIL-Ryan Stiles, from Whose Line is it Anyway, had many of his flamboyant shoes custom made since his height and shoe size made it problematic for him to buy shoes from a store.

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QNyXE TIL that after the Portuguese dictator Salazar went into coma, he was dismissed as Prime Minister. When he emerged from it and recovered lucidity, no one wanted to tell him he had been removed from power, instead he was allowed to "rule" in privacy until his death 2 years later
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