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TIL that Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest, and lost.

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wemo TIL, In February 2003, a Florida Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with an assertion by FOX News that there is no rule against distorting or falsifying the news in the United States.
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p8ooG TIL the division sign symbol is called obelus. I guess there's a name for everything...
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