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TIL Benjamin Franklin used to talk to his own Gout attack, who he named "Madam Gout"

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BBMy TIL that the voice of Tony the Tiger (Thurl Ravenscroft) was also the singer of You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch
yQklv TIL domesticated cats have been responsible for the 33 extinction around the world. One being caused by a single cat, Tibbles, who killed an entire population of Stephen's Island Wren.
QXok TIL that, when Charles DeGaulle ordered the removal of U.S. Troops from France in 1966, Secretary of State Dean Rusk asked if that included the 60,000+ American Soldiers buried there from the first two world wars. An embarrassed DeGaulle never clarified the point. (Happy Memorial Day)
X4l8 TIL there is a strip club in Portland that serves only vegan food and only allows its strippers to strip in non-animal-based clothing
WOMX TIL in 1985, Ryan White was refused re-entry to his school due to him having AIDS. 117 Parents and 50 teachers petitioned for his ban. People even cancelled their subscriptions as White was the paperboy and they believed they would be infected via newsprint.