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TIL in Sydney there is an annual duck fashion show

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A8pl TIL Right before Marie Antoinette was guillotined, her last words were “Pardon me sir, I meant not to do it,” because she had accidentally stepped on the executioner’s foot.
m1P4p TIL Down syndrome used to be called Mongolism
k86B TIL that James Doohan (Scotty from Star Trek) was shot six times while fighting for the Canadians during D-Day
oBkeL TIL that Stephen King's character Pennywise the Dancing Clown made his television debut in 1990 and the reboot (IT, 2017) took place exactly 27 years apart, which exactly follows the 27 year appearance cycle of Pennywise referenced in his book IT.
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