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OKXe TIL: Louis C.K. had to learn english when he came from Mexico and has dual Mexican-American citizenship.
4X4JX TIL Cyanide pills were distributed to audience members of the last Berlin Philharmonic concert on 12 April 1945 as Allied forces approached Berlin and the surrender of Germany seemed imminent.
QMyM TIL there is a parasite that can only reproduce inside the stomach of cats. When it’s excreted in feces and eaten by a rat, the parasite rewires the rat’s brain to be attracted to cats. This same effect can occur in humans and is thought to be a reason behind the stereotypical crazy cat person.
wLAZY TIL that the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld is a real person, Ali Yeganeh. Yeganeh hates the eponymous episode and blames Jerry Seinfeld for “ruining his business,” going so far as to throw Seinfeld out of his store.
bO0N TIL Benjamin Franklin was the only man to sign the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and the Treaty of Paris of 1776.