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TIL that a Nixon White House official who was jailed for directing the Watergate burglary team is now a scholar on ethics in government.

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JYQPl TIL that Popeyes and Burger King are owned by the same company - Restaurant Brands International.
Mj70 TIL that Ron Howard has given each of his children the middle name of where they were conceived: Bryce (Dallas), Jocelyn and Paige (Carlyle; Carlyle Hotel, NYC), and Reed (Cross; famous London street. Reed was named after the street because according to Howard, “Volvo isn’t a very good middle name.”
9AV7 TIL of a Boston Marriage. A 19th Century term for two women living together, independent of financial support from a man.
MeZyb TIL that Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs, a blackface parody of Snow White, has been praised by animation historians, and has been included on lists of the greatest animated films ever - but is considered to have racism unparalleled in cartoon history, and has been banned from circulation since 1968
N7Z6 TIL Crows can recognize human faces, plan their actions in advance, have their own “language,” and can potentially ruin human civilization.