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TIL that New York City has a sheriff, and his name is Anthony Miranda

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8gRP TIL: Eggo waffles were originally called “Froffles”. “Eggo” was a name people began using to describe the egg-y taste, and the company eventually adopted the name.
jNoya TIL Clyde Tombaugh, the man who discovered Pluto, has finally visited it, as his ashes are aboard the New Horizons spacecraft that completed a Pluto flyby in 2015.
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