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TIL Antarctica is actually just a cluster of islands under the ice

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R7dg7 TIL Julie Andrews was the lead in the original Broadway production of “My Fair Lady”, but not in the 1964 film due to not being well-known enough; the role eventually went to Audrey Hepburn. Andrews won the 1965 Best Actress Oscar over Hepburn for playing Mary Poppins.
QNX6e TIL Kansas City barbecue history originated with Henry Perry. He came from Shelby County, Tennessee, near Memphis, and began serving barbecue in 1908.
Y7nMG TIL that Milton Bradley originally had been in the business of selling pictures of celebrities. After his biggest seller Abraham Lincoln grew his iconic beard and rendered his entire stock of lithographs worthless and had customers demanding their money back, MB switched to selling board games
X0rGj TIL that the Isles of Scilly and the Netherlands were in a bloodless war for 335 years, which officially ended in 1986
X05g8 TIL that in medieval Europe, the Fashion Police were a very real thing indeed. They used to patrol the streets of Italy and enforce strict ‘sumptuary’ laws, issuing on the spot fines for over extravagance. Male offenders outnumbered female by 2:1.