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TIL: On the day before the 1996 Presidential election, the NYT Crossroad puzzle had a clue that required knowing the future: "Tomorrows headline". Except, either of the likeliest answers fully completes the crossword

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GYO74 TIL about the world's oldest cured ham. It was overlooked on its hook at Gwaltney Foods in 1902 and hung from a rafter for twenty years. The company owner then declared it his pet ham, put a collar on it, and took it to exhibitions. It's now in a museum in Isle of Wight County, VA. It has a Twitter.
loaxN TIL : Millie Brown of Stranger Things appeared in Season 15 Episode 5 of Hell's Kitchen.
VMAZ TIL that in the midst if the sexual abuse scandal involving the church, the pope was granted immunity from everything to do with a coverup and anything to do with the rape or molestation of children involving the clergy. He was granted this immunity by President George W Bush. 15:00 into the video
nWyyB TIL about the "Pretzel Belt" where 80% of pretzels in the US come from.
p8Lb8 TIL the name "Scooby-Doo" comes from the nonsensical lyrics at the end of the Frank Sinatra song "Strangers in the Night"