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TIL that Francis Bavier that performed the role of Aunt Bee did not get along with Andy Griffith on The Andy Griffith Show because she resented the role based on her experience in show business.

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ADvY4 TIL The decryption of the 1917 Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany proposed a military alliance with Mexico against the US, was the most significant intelligence triumph of WW1, & spurred on the US to enter the war
JYKm8 TIL that it wasn’t until 1935 that a manufacturer was able to promise “splinter-Free Toilet Paper.”
RA7l TIL that in response to a Tennessee State Legislature bill that prohibited schools from alluding to the existence of gays, George Takei offered up his name, suggesting that people could just substitute Takei for ‘gay’. For example, supporting Takei Marriage or using slurs like That’s so Takei.
WXJ9 TIL in 2012 a 6-year-old girl threw a temper tantrum so extreme she was handcuffed and taken to jail from her kindergarten class.
NXGaM TIL that the first atheist organization was the National Secular Society, founded in the UK in 1866. They gained attention for their promotion of birth control and sex education.