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TIL Napoleon's great-nephew Charles founded the FBI

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XErKD TIL about the McDonalds in Sedona, AZ. Because of council restrictions, the famous golden arches are blue, as to not interfere with the red colour of the mountains nearby.
x6rJk TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte wasn’t actually as short as many people believe? The idea that he was extremely short comes from a measurement conversion error between the French and British systems. In reality, he was about 1.69 m (5'7"), which was an average height for his time.
8ajbG TIL in the original 1902 Broadway musical of the Wizard of Oz, the lion's quest for courage is completely omitted, Toto is replaced with a cow named Imogene, King Pastoria II, a Kansas motorman, is Oz's true king, and their efforts to seek the Wizard's aid gets them scheduled for execution.
R5vvw TIL that Marie Curie's daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie, also received a Nobel prize in chemistry. And she also shared it with her husband.
JYbQ TIL Peter Norman, the little-known “white guy on the podium", made a major contribution to the 1968 Olympic black rights statement. He went home to Australia a pariah – his career ended by the AOC. He died in 2006 without recognition, buried quietly by his lifelong friends: Cook and Carlos. [Fixed]