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TIL that Vanna White hasn’t actually turned any letters since 1997, hasn’t wore an outfit more than once on the show and holds the Guinness World Record for clapping.

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4XvAX TIL that in 1822 a white stork was found in Germany with an arrow in its neck made of central African hardwood. It provided some of the earliest evidence of long-distance stork migration. More have been found since.
X1DQ TIL that in 2001 Ben Affleck was driven to rehab by Charlie Sheen.
D1pND TIL the will of P.L. Travers (writer of Mary Poppins) specifically forbid all future American adaptions of her work
NPOP TIL that Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat, disobeyed direct orders and wrote thousands of visas for Jewish refugees saving their lives.
Jj9B TIL in 1290 England expelled the entire Jewish population and was the first country to make Jewish people wear identifying badges.