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TIL that Lenny Bruce was discharged from the US Navy for pretending to be a cross-dresser. Lenny wished to quiet the Navy after serving for 3 years during WW2 and devised the said plan for getting honorably discharged.

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lZrV TIL of Black Bart, the “gentleman robber” of the Wild West, who’d rob stagecoaches, leaving behind poems like: “I’ve labored long and hard for bread, For honor, and for riches, But on my corns too long you’ve tread, You fine-haired sons of bitches.”
ykXV TIL that in Pokemon Red/Blue, the reason you had to go next door to trade in your casino winnings is because of a loop hole in Japanese gambling laws
PYeJZ TIL that The Beatles wanted to make a Lord Of The Rings movie before Peter Jackson did, however Tolkien refused to let them.
ne9Xb TIL Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg chairs the board of “Biblical Business Training,” who’s curriculum includes such insights as “Do you bring Jesus to work with you?” and “Satan comes to steal, kill, and destroy.”
XOlQ TIL that while wearing a tuxedo, it is improper to wear a watch.