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TIL that the White House press briefing room was built on top of a 50 foot swimming pool.

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69bel TIL that, on 31 March 1953, a British producer named Peter Eton sent a script to the BBC's head of variety, with a memo attached describing it as a "quiet, gently bumbling situation comedy". In doing so, he gave rise to what would eventually become the word "sitcom".
loONN TIL that Steve Irwin's father refused a state funeral for his son because in the words of his son, he was an "ordinary bloke".
J5G8 TIL OJ Simpson’s father was a well known drag queen in the San Francisco area
XE0lR TIL A man from Spain skipped work for 6 years whilst still being payed before anyone noticed.
WRn4 TIL in 1897, a man was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife solely based on the testimony of his wife’s ghost who visited her mother in the night and detailed the crime.