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TIL Legendary college basketball coach John Wooden never made more than $35,000 a year salary, including 1975, the year he won his 10th national championship, and never asked for a raise.

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OGgpY TIL of Reginald Hamilton Earnshaw, believed to have been the youngest person in the British services to die in World War II at just 14 years old.
nvGB TIL President Garfield could write in two languages simultaneously, Greek with one hand and Latin with the other.
kJAx1 TIL The state of South Australia was at war with Germany up until 2002 due to forgotten legislation
awOKZ TIL that Touchstone Pictures was created by Disney for PG-13 and R-rated films. Ever since then, Disney has released films deemed inappropriate to be released under the Disney label as Touchstone.
ADoV7 TIL in 1054, Chinese astronomers noted a bright "guest star" in Taurus that was visible in the daytime for 3 weeks and didn't completely fade out for almost two years. The "guest star" was actually the supernova explosion that created the Crab Nebula, which is located some 6,500 light-years away.