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TIL Michael Crichton is the only person to have had a #1 movie (Jurassic Park), a #1 book (Disclosure) AND a #1 TV show (ER) at the same time

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L5AV TIL that GPS is, and will always be free because Korean Air Lines flight 007 was shot down over Russia in 1983
rRB80 TIL The Blind Boys of Alabama is an American gospel group started in 1939 that is still active today.
ANaAo TIL The seemingly nonsense phrase 'Fee-fi-fo-fum' from the Giant in Jack and the Beanstalk is likely a sentence in ancient Gaelic meaning "Behold food, good to eat, sufficient for my hunger!" The phrase is atleast several hundred years old and is referenced by Nashe and Shakespeare.
16r7X TIL that Charcoal toothpaste whitens your teeth by sanding off your outer enamel
lJRB TIL while Australian billionaire Kerry Packer was playing poker in a Vegas casino, a Texas oil investor kept bragging about how rich he was, when he said he was worth $60 Million, Kerry Packer took a coin out of his pocket and said “I’ll flip you for it”.