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TIL Woody Harrelson's First Wife Was Intended to Be A Joke and they would divorce the next day. The storefront marriage/divorce parlor was closed So They Stayed Married For 10 Months

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dDYB8 TIL SpongeBob SquarePants was originally going to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!. However, the name had to be changed because SpongeBoy was already trademarked. Creator Stephen Hillenburg chose SquarePants to emphasize the character's distinct shape and goofy personality.
y8lX TIL Larry Lemieux, a Canadian sailor at the 1988 Olympics, was about to win a silver medal when he abandoned the race to save two other competitors who had capsized. He was given the Pierre de Coubertin Medal for sportsmanship.
GAAVN TIL cup holders weren't built in cars until 1983
x6N75 TIL after William Jennings Bryan finished his Cross of Gold speech, the audience was completely silent. Bryan said that it was "really painful" and that he thought he had failed, but when he returned to his seat the entire audience went into pandemonium and it took 25 minutes to restore order.
DQgDY TIL that Babe Ruth was thrown out attempting to steal second base for the final out of game 7 of the 1926 World Series when the Yankees were only down by 1 run.