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TIL The Matrix is a Transgender Coming Out Story

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NXrdb TIL Marie-Antoine Carême 1783-1833 'the king of chefs and chef of kings' : developed HAUTE cuisine; introduced the poofy Toque Chef hat; worked for Napoleon; Tzar Alexander; the price regent and the Rosthchilds and built sculptures out of sugar paste
E1GWW TIL actor Jason Segel answered to "Dr. Dunk" in high school
RBD4 TIL that, in order to become Governor of Kentucky, one must have never participated in a duel.
VM7Qk TIL that Vladimir Lenin spoke English with an Irish accent. According to a Russian diplomat, "Lenin said that his tutor in English was an Irishman and that was why he was speaking with an Irish accent."
7ryW7 TIL that the name "Ivan the Terrible" reflects the older English usage of terrible as in "inspiring fear or terror; dangerous; or powerful" and not the more modern connotations in English where terrible means "defective" or "evil".