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TIL Winston Churchill reportedly saw Pres. Lincoln’s ghost while staying in the White House. Churchill had just gotten out of the bathtub, and saw the specter leaning on the mantle. Churchill, naked, calmly ashed his cigar and said, "Good evening Mr. President, you seem to have me at a disadvantage"

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GNPj TIL Morgan Freeman was on a children’s show in the ‘70’s.
6ELQ7 TIL Orson Welles, out of work and in need of money in the late 70's resorted to appearing in and even directing tv ads for various products. In recent years a backstage video has resurfaced of a drunk Welles filming an ad for Paul Masson wines
x44w TIL of the legend of Sir Francis Drake’s drum. On his deathbed he requested that the drum be returned to England, and if ever they came under attack, one was to beat the drum and he would return to protect the country.
kOmZ5 TIL before he wrote the Goosebumps book series, R.L. Stine created the 1989-91 Nick Jr. series Eureeka’s Castle
rRD00 TIL although the design of Ursula in The Little Mermaid is based in an octopus, she was drawn with six tentacles instead of eight to reduce animation costs