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TIL J.K. Rowling wrote to Natalie McDonald, a leukemia patient, the ending of The Goblet of Fire a year early. She died before reading the email so Rowling named a character after her. That character was sorted into Gryffindor.

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LZD0 TIL that around half of the USA’s nuclear arsenal is inside of 14 submarines.
gRZ8 TIL Heath Ledger was an accomplished chess player and won the Western Australia’s Junior Chess Championship at 10-years old.
NwkM TIL that it is a misdemeanor to kill Sasquatch in Skamania county in the state of Washington.
b9JZ0 TIL that after President Kennedy was shot Jackie Kennedy wore her blood-soaked, pink dress to both the hospital and the swearing in of President Johnson. The unlaundered suit was donated to the National Archives and Records Administration and will not be placed on public display until 2103.
YKXZ TIL George Lucas refused to identify what species Yoda is, once jokingly answering that he is “the illegitimate child of Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy”.