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Today I learned that Fatty and Spotty (two of the Bash Street Kids from The Beano) were respectively renamed Freddy and Scotty in 2021.

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BQVy TIL the reason TED talks are 18 minutes are because that is long enough to be serious, short enough to hold someone’s attention, and about the same length of time as the average coffee break.
NlBQ TIL that there are two bald eagles who have nested in a large, government owned tree in Washington DC. Their names are Mr. President, and the First Lady. Their two children are named Freedom (elder) and Liberty (younger). God Bless America.
LkkBV TIL: The country of Madagascar got its name when Marco Polo mistakenly thought he landed in Mogadishu, Somalia and then misspelled the name of the city
OGMXL TIL Military dogs are traditionally ranked higher than their handlers, to make sure there's severe punishment for mistreating them
X00VQ TIL During the 1960s American banks mass mailed 100 million unsolicited credit cards to customers including unemployable people, drug addicts and compulsive debtors. This practice was outlawed in 1970 due to the financial chaos it caused.