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TIL that in 1994, Michael Chrichton achieved the unique distinction of having a No. 1 movie, Jurassic Park, a No. 1 tv series, E.R. And a No. 1 book, Disclosure.

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PaRE TIL that voting is compulsory in Australia. If you do not register to vote, you’re fined. If you’re registered and you don’t vote (without a valid reason), you’re fined.
Vp7k TIL in 1969 Johnny Cash strolled into a recording session by Bob Dylan and they recorded almost an hour of duets, only one of which has ever been officially released.
9YJ1p TIL that Joko Widodo, the current President of Indonesia, likes hard rock music a lot - he once had a bass guitar that was signed by Robert Trujillo, was given a signed copy of "Master of Puppets" by a former Danish President, and went to a rock festival in 2013 while he was Governor of Jakarta.
JLBj TIL there are two scores in golf that rank above an Eagle. They are an Albatross (3 under par) and a Condor (4 under par)
QJgjM TIL of Marcella LeBeau, a WWII Army Nurse who served in the wake of D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge. She received the French Legion of Honor, the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits. The Native American woman is 98 and still active in her community in South Dakota.