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TIL that the Tune of Happy Birthday is actually a remix

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grw7W TIL about Lynne Redgrave, who is the only person to have been nominated for all of the 'Big Four' American entertainment awards (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony, collectively known when all four have been won as "EGOT") – without winning any of them
Y7vRW TIL an Ottoman official in early 20th Century Paris was offered male prostitues by his host, who thought that being Turkish, he would be interested in sodomy.
5YQ1D TIL that atheists are prohibited from holding public office in 7 U.S. states.
xVGrb TIL that the protrusions on a "winged spear" acted as a safety measure to prevent creatures such as boars during boar hunting from running up the shaft to get at you. Effectively, pinning them at the spear head.
RX1j TIL when General Napier was asked to respect the Indian custom of burning widows on their husband’s funeral pyre, he replied it was English custom to hang murderers.