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TIL about Sarah Wells, a black Wisconsin woman who earned her High School Diploma at 92 years old. "I want to take a course in Botany... I do not know where else I can go, but I am sure there is something else I can do."

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7rMYL TIL about Jim Cummings, the voice of my childhood. He has over 400 voice credits appearing in Winnie the Pooh, Phineas and Ferb, The Powerpuff Girls, Pinky and the Brain, Gargoyles, Biker Mice from Mars, Animaniacs, 2 Stupid Dogs, and Batman: The Animated Series to name a few.
dDaKQ TIL The CIA headquarters has its own Starbucks, but baristas don’t write names on the cups. Its receipts say “Store Number 1” instead of “Starbucks,” and its workers need an escort to leave their work posts.
WkaG8 TIL The Slovak government had to overturn an internet driven decision to name a bridge after Chuck Norris.
eplog TIL that in 1940, after the German Luftwaffe bombed Buckingham Palace during the Blitz, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother refused to leave the King and evacuate to Canada with her children, saying - "I am almost glad we have been bombed. Now I feel I can look the East End in the face."
QY8p TIL that ABC cuts scenes from ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ to allow for more commercials, even though it’s about the overcommercialization of Christmas