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TIL that one of Portugal's most important writers was given the wrong surname at birth, being called by a local shrub instead of his family name.

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XEkar TIL that Jerry van Dyke, the younger brother of Dick van Dyke, was offered the lead role in Gilligan's Island but accepted a role in My Mother the Car instead. This show, about a man whose dead mother is reincarnated as a car, ended after one season and is considered among the worst shows ever made.
gMVeb TIL Nancy Reagan was known as the Blowjob Queen of Burbank for giving the best head in Hollywood.
GYwO1 TIL we say “pair” of pants because pants were originally made from two pieces. You would put in one leg and tie the piece around your waist, and then put on the other piece.
LQY0v TIL During the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps built an 800 mile long firebreak through Oregon and California
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