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TIL Excalibur and the Sword in the Stone, in most versions of lore are considered separate swords.

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xxOB TIL there was a pedophile ring in the 1980s involving top U.K. politicians and officials, that was covered up by the government.
W7gNA TIL the 1991 movie Hook was originally meant to be a musical
WnoL TIL of Joe Arridy, a man with an IQ of 46 and the “happiest prisoner on death row.” He spent his time on death row playing with a toy train, and he went into the gas chamber with a smile. It turned out he was innocent.
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P19ME TIL when Prince Charles visited the MAS*H soundstage, series writer Ken Levine was told how to properly address him. Instead, Levine asked him, "What advice would you give young people thinking of getting into your profession?" His handlers were horrified, but the prince laughed.