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TIL that civil rights legend John Lewis once attended Comic-Con dressed as himself during the March on Selma. He led the children in a march around the convention center wearing the same kind of coat and backpack as he did at Selma.

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166e8 TIL it's illegal to receive compensation for fortune telling in Oklahoma
1aeKr TIL there's a nerve that goes from the face all way to the groin, and is the longest cranial nerve in the body.
0wxVN TIL that Debbie Gibson, the Pop Singer, was an extra in the movie Ghostbusters (1984). She plays a girl having a birthday party. This was before her career as a musician which began in 1986-1987.
m10ZR TIL Oral-B Glide dental floss is made of Teflon and currently the subject of a class action suit alleging it "likely contains" harmful PFAs
LQWvr TIL sugar beets were commercially introduced to Europe as an alternative to Indian sugar canes. As Britain blockaded sugar supplies to whole Europe in early 1800s, a different sugar route was required. During that time, Napoleon ordered in 32,000 hectares of sugar beets to be planted in France.