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TIL December 25 and January 1st are the 2 most unpopular days to be born (U.S)

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9wJ7p TIL “Extra Extra! Read all about it!” Was used by Newsies to sell special edition newspapers called “extras”, not actual excess newspapers.
v1wP8 TIL that the county of Dorset in the UK holds an annual knob-eating contest.
x6V55 TIL that Crispin Glover was replaced as George Mcfly after Back to the Future 1, using an actor with prosthetics of his face, leading him to sue Universal Studios.
EgJw0 TIL of Zachary Porter, 20, who got stuck, waste deep, in a mud flat during low tide. He was unable to free himself and drowned when the high tide came in.
mxVlM TIL when Dungeons & Dragons was released, various groups believed it was a front for murderous Satanists. This lead to Tom Hanks’ first starring role in the TV propaganda movie Mazes and Monsters, in which he becomes his D&D character and stabs a hobo in Manhattan because he thought it was a goblin.