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TIL that Pee-wee Herman began as a raunchy nightclub act/HBO special, before toning it down for children’s television

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pYmrZ TIL about François Vatel, who was in charge of a banquet for 2000 people in honour of King Louis XIV in 1671. He committed suicide during preparations for the meal after a seafood delivery was late, and was only discovered when someone was sent to inform him that it had arrived.
xbp5 TIL of a remarkable gypsy (Sinti) boxer in Nazi Germany, who after beating an ‘Aryan,’ was threatened by the Nazis into throwing his next match. He came to that match with dyed blonde hair and whiteface and lasted five rounds. His name: Johann Trollmann
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