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TIL that for a short time, the planet Uranus was called George

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ygla TIL that when Jeff Bridges was 14, he and his brother, Beau, would go to grocery store parking lots and pretend to start a fight. Once a crowd gathered, they would both jump into the back of their pickup truck and proceed to do dramatic line readings.
GApMJ TIL that former major league baseball player Ron LeFlore first played organized baseball in prison while serving a sentence for armed robbery. After being released, he played for 9 seasons and was largely known as a base stealer.
bkJN TIL that “Ötzi the Iceman” has 19 living relatives in Europe today.
m1gkP TIL Harriet Tubman, a major American abolitionist and former slave, was gifted a silk/linen lace shawl by Queen Victoria around 1897
moOR TIL that 74% of Netflix subscribers would rather cancel their subscription than see ads.