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TIL the PGA Tour is a non-profit entity

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jNBeX TIL that Triboulet, jester of Francis I, saved his life thanks to his vivaciousness. After making fun of a king's mistress, he was sentenced to death and had to choose the way he would die. Sharp minded, he asked to die of old age, leaving the King voiceless his sentence was commuted to banishment.
mx5kO TIL: During WWII about 250,000 Filipinos were promised US Citizenship & Veteran Benefits for aiding the US in fighting Japan, then the US reneged its offer and only about 4000 got any benefits at all.
X0PYP TIL that poet and cartoonist Shel Silverstein (A Light in the Attic, The Giving Tree) was also a frequent writer and illustrator for Playboy. His biographer believes he had sex with hundreds or thousands of women over the course of many visits to the Playboy mansion.
xWDw TIL that H.R. Giger refused to give the xenomorphs from Alien eyes because “It’s scarier if you don’t know where they’re looking”.
vPOyj TIL 'Don't Worry Be Happy' by Bobby Mcferrin is the only song in history to reach #1 on Billboard without the use of any instruments (a cappella)