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TIL Jeremy Clarkson punched Piers Morgan in the face.

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AN9oa TIL that a fear of long words can constitute a phobia, and it’s often referred to as Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
PYk5J TIL Edward Doisy received the Nobel in Medicine for discovery of vitamin K with Henrik Dam. He also competed with Adolf Butenandt in the discovery of estrone in 1930. They discovered the substance independently, but only Butenandt was awarded the Chemistry Nobel
LWYm TIL Eleanor Audley who voiced the Malificent, was also the voice of Lady Tremane in Cinderella, as well as the disapproving mother in the series Green Acres
8a1GV TIL Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, who played an important part in the Battle of Waterloo, and was instrumental in defeating Napoleon in 1814, suffered a mental breakdown during the war, lost his sight, and believed that a Frenchman had impregnated him with an elephant.
1aVQV TIL that the popular Christmas song "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," played in films like Home Alone and having the vocals of an apparently adult woman, was actually sung by a 13-year-old girl.