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R5Qw9 TIL until 1968, the U.K. required all comedians to submit their acts for censorship. The comedian was then obliged not to deviate from the act in its edited form.
woQA6 TIL In 1997 at the masters tournament Tiger Woods won by 12 strokes ahead of the competition setting a record.
69Oom TIL in WWII Hitler had France surrender in the same railway carriage at the same spot on the same chairs where France and England made Germany surrender in WWI
OGm97 TIL the hippopotamus weighs in at around one and a half tons adult average and while one of the fattest looking creatures on Earth actually has only a very thin layer of fat at around 5% of body mass. Their muscle mass, however is at least 65% of total body mass making them extremely powerful.
X0RPj TIL that 300 million years ago, the Appalachians, Scottish Highlands, and Morocco's Atlas/Anti-Atlas Mountains were connected as a single, Himalayan-sized mountain chain.
VB9V4 TIL There is a giant cloud of alcohol near the center of our galaxy that contains 400 quintillion liters of alcohol, and would likely taste like raspberry rum.
epYW5 TIL the British author P. G. Wodehouse was interned by the Germans during World War II. After his release he made a short series of broadcasts on German radio called "How to be an Internee Without Previous Training". Wodehouse was reviled as a "Nazi propagandist" for these broadcasts.
P1yWV TIL Chevy Chase has been banned from hosting Saturday Night Live since 1997 after he hit SNL cast member Cheri Oteri in the back of the head during a rehearsal. Chase is the only former SNL cast member to be banned from hosting the show.
8eVK4 TIL world chess champion grandmaster magnus carlsen once withdrew from a tournament after being told he couldn’t play while wearing jeans.
l7deV TIL the Wendy's commercial featuring Clara Peller saying "Where's the beef?" first aired in January 1984 & is credited for Wendy's sales increasing 31% to $945m in 1985. Wendy's senior VP for communications, David Lynch, stated "with Clara we accomplished as much in 5 weeks as we did in 14.5 years."
NXDnJ TIL that if you learn another language you slow your brain’s aging.
rNvBo TIL about the Paris gun used by the Germans in WWI. It took about three minutes for each giant shell to cover the distance to the city, climbing to an altitude of 40 km (25 mi) at the top of its trajectory.