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TIL Pregnancy Dreams About Frogs Are Very Common

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Nr4M TIL Al Jolson famous for performing in blackface was the only white man who was allowed into the all-black nightclubs in Harlem. The reason being that he helped many black people succeed in the music business and fought against racial discrimination.
epMNk TIL A cat in Connecticut was once placed under house arrest by a judge for allegedly attacking and frightening neighbors
LgAP TIL the English language has a mark resembling an umlaut (called a diaeresis) used to show 2 vowels are also 2 syllables, as in coöperation. The mark is mostly defunct, but still used by The New Yorker magazine.
Zp9Da TIL that Pablo Neruda (the Nobel winning poet laureate) who died 12 days after Pinochet's successful coup in 1973. This week, a new toxicological report confirmed his poisoning, finding traces of Clostridium Botulinum, a neurotoxin that paralyzes the muscles and the nervous system leading to death.
loyL7 TIL that Guy Fawkes was hung, gutted and tortured for his plans. He was caught red handed after an anonymous tip off leading to his torture, which revealed co-conspirators. This was followed up by execution and his body parts paraded around London.