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TIL Comedian Jenny Slate was effectively fired from SNL after accidentaly uttering the word "fucking" in the first scene of her first episode on the show. The experience led her to develop stage fright which she had to overcome through therapy

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PYRKO TIL Kanō Jigorō, creator of judo, also served as the Japanese representative to many Olympics and had a pivotal role in securing Japan's bid for the 1940 Olympics. He was indifferent towards the inclusion of judo, however, as it was not "mere sport" but rather "a principle of life, art and science."
Rx89 TIL the musicians aboard the Titanic were legally classified as independent contractors instead of crew members. Because of this, their families received no survivor benefits.
8a4Jb TIL Institut Le Rosey, an elite Swiss boarding school, also has a campus in the ski resort of Gstaad. The school relocates its operations to the resort from January to March.
60rQ TIL Red color blind monkeys who underwent gene therapy by having their eyes injected with a red cone, had their color blindness cured, potentially opening a door for curing color blindness in humans.
97VM TIL in 1866, the State of Mississippi spent more than half its yearly budget providing Civil War veterans with prosthetics