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TIL that Dr. Frasier Crane's accent is called "Transatlantic" and is neither truly American nor British.

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X0aQ6 TIL In 1959 the submarine USS Barbero assisted the US Post Office in an experiment in Rocket Mail by launching a modified Regulus missile containing two containers of mail towards the Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Mayport, Florida. The missile successfully landed after 22 minutes of travel.
VBwR4 TIL Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, who started the persecution of Catholics, died in 1616 from over-eating tempura, a dish invented by Catholics during Lent while they were visiting Japan in 1543, which was the same year the Shogun had been born.
9w4Rr TIL that a numb/ paralyzed body parts and/or loss of sight can be caused by a migraine
a84pL TIL Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide was first released in 1969 when Leonard Maltin was still a teenager.
Kgl6 TIL there was a very unusually high number of put/call options on United and American Airlines stock before 9/11, no other airlines saw this activity