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TIL there was an early 1900s act named "Sober Sue", who's draw was she never smiled. A theater offered $1000 to any one who could make her laugh, attracting big comedians. Crowds came out to watch them try, and fail, giving them a free show. Later it came out that Sue suffered from facial paralysis.

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4XPXX TIL Bond girl Maryam d'Abo from "The Living Daylights", the sweet and vulnerable Czechoslovakian cellist and would-be sniper who falls for James Bond, appeared in a Bond-themed Playboy cover and multi-page pictorial in the September 1987 issue
owyW TIL three words in English use ‘w’ as a vowel: cwm, a hollow in a mountain; crwth, an instrument similar to a violin; and cwtch, a hiding place.
awjjM TIL that in rare cases, metal fillings in your mouth can pick up radio frequencies, meaning you can actually hear AM radio broadcasting in your own head.
OwPe TIL of Ikenna Njoku whom Chase issued a check to and when he tried to cash it they called the cops saying the check was fake. He was stuck in jail losing his job and having his car towed then sold off all while being innocent.
j6wkN TIL that authorship of the Christian poem “Footprints” is contested, is claimed by at least a dozen people, and has been the subject of lawsuits.