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TIL Alex Trebek didn't take a single sick day for the first 34 years of Jeopardy

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a8ENN TIL There is a bar named Jack Ruby's Saloon in downtown Dallas mere blocks from The Sixth Floor Museum and Dealey Plaza (Site of JFK assassination). The history buff owner loves the fact that Ruby, who shot JFK's assassin, owned a bar and sells T-shirts that says "I took a shot at Jack Ruby's."
kJ09B TIL we don't actually know how or why general anesthesia works
Z8xZ4 TIL While leaving Italy during a tour there was a bomb scare on David Bowie's plane, forcing them to return to the airport. They later discovered the threat had been a ruse by the Chief of Police, who wanted Bowie's autograph
OkZX TIL the earliest historical record of pillow use is from about 7000 BCE in the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia.
5Mx8 TIL That Sean Connery single handedly beat up four men in a night club while Michael Caine held his coat.