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TIL Flash Gordon retired from acting and now does corporate security and hostage extraction in Mexico

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69EjZ TIL some of the food we buy, such as ground spices, shredded parmesaun cheese, and coffee, are fake.
bvVZ TIL when Internet Explorer 4 was released, drunk Microsoft employees dumped a huge IE logo in the fountain in front of Netscape’s building.
W7E7X TIL the longest and most contentious election for the speaker of the U.S House of Representatives occurred during its 34th Congress (1855-1857). It lasted two months, took 133 ballots, and necessitated a rule change allowing for a simple plurality of members to select the speaker.
4XM76 TIL about Samuel J. Seymour, a five-year-old boy who witnessed the Lincoln assassination. At 96 Seymour was a guest on the TV show I've Got a Secret. He didn't realize the president had been shot, but he felt bad for Booth, thinking Booth had fallen out of the box, when he jumped down to escape.
wLab8 TIL that "bull," meaning falsehood or nonsense, predates "bullshit" by centuries, and has no etymological connection to the word for male cattle.