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TIL that winter storm names are not acknowledged by the National Weather Service

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J1obl TIL “The Muppet Christmas Carol” featured the first full-body shot of Kermit the Frog that showed him walking.
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QNrKM TIL After the battle of Sedan, over 100,000 French soldiers were captured, including Emperor Napoleon III himself, but he headed to a "comfortable captivity" while his soldiers were left starving in makeshift POW camps. On hearing the news, Napoleon's wife asked "why didn't he kill himself?"
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