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TIL Mel Gibson accidently hung himself on the set of Braveheart

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QJkKa TIL American English spellings like "color" and "center" were first published by Noah Webster as an effort to simplify what he thought were unnecessarily complex spelling rules.
rELd TIL - The Bohemian Club holds an annual party in the Bohemian Grove in which members surround a 40 foot Owl Shrine with the voice of Walter Cronkite for a secret ceremony. Every republican U.S. president since 1923 has been a member of club.
KDya TIL the Queen of England is married to her cousin
Xm86 TIL I learned that there are four countries worldwide that have no mandated paid parental leave: Liberia, Swaziland, Papa New Guinea, and the United States.
Wjw9 TIL Keiko, the orca who starred in Free Willy was released in the wild in July of 2002 after being in captivity for 23 years. A few weeks after his release, he showed up at a Norwegian fjord in hopes of seeking human contact and would even give children rides on his back.