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TIL Sigourney Weaver reportedly reached the height of 5 ft 101⁄2 in (179 cm) by the age of 11, which had a negative impact on her self-esteem. She recalled feeling like "a giant spider" and never having "the confidence to ever think I could act."

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5VlY8 TIL the US Mint has a dollar coin honoring the first home video game system developed in 1966 by Ralph Baer. The obverse features the Statue of Liberty and the reverse depicts the 'Handball' video game.
R18w TIL One of Columbus’s explorers was the first person to bring tobacco back into Europe. Because he could blow smoke out of his mouth, he was accused of being the devil and sent to jail for seven years by the Spanish Inquisition.
Oo4Zg TIL in 1832, a US ship was captured by pirate Pedro Gilbert. After, he had part of filled with explosives, before setting it on fire with the crew trapped inside. However, they escaped and doused the flames, letting smoke billow out until the pirates had left. 6 weeks later, they returned to port.
WkkRN TIL: Ben Franklin wrote about Native American Indians, captured and raised from a young age by colonists, would return to their tribes after a single conversation with them. And that whites captured and raised within American Indian culture would flee the colonists the first chance they got.
78g7O TIL That in La Paz, Bolivia - the world's highest national capital at roughly 3,650 m (11,975 ft) above sea level, water boils at 87°C (189°F) instead of the usual 100°C (212°F) at sea level.