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TIL that an Irishman once ran Austria-Hungary

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JY8bj TIL the nursery rhyme "Mary had a Little Lamb" was written about a real girl named Mary Sawyer. She lived in Boston and her lamb followed her to school one day in 1816 when she was 10-years-old.
PlpZ TIL when Rush was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, guitarist Alex Lifeson gave a two minute speech consisting of only one word.
oBxPr TIL Pluto is still legally considered a planet when it passes over New Mexico
nWpjW TIL that when Elton John married his wife Renate Blauel in 1984, Rod Stewart sent a wedding telegram that read "You may still be standing but we're all on the f**king floor"
b9Vb0 TIL of composer Frank Churchill, who worked on early Disney films Snow White, Bambi and Dumbo, winning an Oscar for Dumbo. In 1942, just months before the release of Bambi, he shot himself, purportedly "at the piano." He received two posthumous Oscar nominations for his work on the film.