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TIL That Michael Flatley aka “The Lord of The Dance” wrote, produced, directed and starred in ‘Blackbird’, a widely panned 2018 spy thriller.

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wLLZ1 TIL that when Prince Carl of Denmark was offered the throne of newly independent Norway in 1905, he refused to take it unless the Norwegian people agreed that they wanted a monarchy rather than a republic. He won the resulting referendum with 79%, and became King Haakon VII.
wAVY TIL you can be “gruntled” (the opposite of disgruntled) and it means you are pleased, satisfied, and contented.
6EWAZ TIL that the sandwich was popularised by the 4th Earl of Sandwich, who ordered that meat be placed between two slices of bread for easy consumption. He therefore was able to gamble and eat at the same time.
GY4Q7 TIL about “War Babies” a very odd short film from 1934 that featured a bunch of toddlers in diapers acting out creepily grown-up plots. Shirley Temple does stuff like trade kisses for lollipops and says things like “I’m expensive.” Video is in the link.
VBnY0 TIL Sergei Federov, Alternate Captain of the Detroit Red Wings, dated 16 year old Anna Kournikova in 1996 after winning the Stanley Cup.