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You don't have to know what's in a hot dog to enjoy one, but knowing it's history might help.

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m1GJO TIL of Philip Spivak, a Republican Chicago-area attorney who lost running for County Judge, then changed his name to Shannon O'Malley, switched to the Democratic party, and won the same election 8 years later
R5VvQ TIL George Michael's ''A different Corner" was the first British No.1 hit song on UK chart that an artist wrote, sang, arranged, produced, and played all the instruments on the song all by himself.
9wldQ TIL the Great Wall of China is only visible from space if you have good eyesight!
kO8Lm TIL: Of Sir Nicholas Windon, who saved 669 children in 1938 from German concentration camps. He kept his heroic deed a secret for 50 years, until his wife found a list of the children's names in their attic.
Z8Nea TIL the famous blue sinkholes in Yucatán, Mexico are left over features from the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.