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TIL that Katherine Hepburn was a passionate and skilled golfer, and once reached the semi-finals of the Connecticut Young Women’s Championship.

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d8BjQ TIL that when Wizards of the Coast bought TSR and D&D, they hired most of TSR's staff and moved them all to Seattle. They helped find new homes, hired movers, and helped those still paying rent in WI and WA. One said Wizards was doing everything but putting them on their backs and carrying them.
7GPP TIL in WW2, the British navy rescued a German cat that was floating on the wreckage of a sinking battleship. The cat went on to “serve” aboard several British ships and survived two additional sinkings
Oomda TIL that "Lawrence of Arabia" star Peter O'Toole was famous for his drunk shenanigans. During one epic drinking session with Oscar-winning actor Peter Finch, they tried to order drinks at a bar after closing time. The landlord refused to serve them - so they wrote out a cheque and bought the bar
g8jX TIL In 1983 A man once naked from the waist down, walks down an aisle of a meeting room with his penis erect and invites members of the audience to touch his erection. That man is Giles Brindley showing of his results of his new invention: Viagra.
RrKj TIL that, in 1986, US Congress passed a bill to impose sanctions against South Africa because of apartheid. Reagan vetoed it. But Congress overrode his veto. This foreign policy override was the first of its kind in the 20th century.