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TIL that Woody Allen has been working on the same typewriter since he was sixteen and all of his films were written on it.

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epvGJ TIL 5-time world champion Vishy Anand was India’s first GM and held the No. 1 national ranking for 37 years until September 2023, now there are 3 Indian players, including the reigning world champion, in the world top 10 and semi retired Vishy is still ranked world No. 13.
DQN4j TIL English has been the first/native language of every US president except one. President from 1837 to 1841, Martin Van Buren's native/first language was Dutch.
nWrG9 TIL LEGO has a vault of every set they have ever made since the 1950s
BrGdd TIL that the concept for the show Quantum Leap (traveling back to different moments in history) came from a discarded premise for "Galactica 1980", which would have seen Apollo traveling back to different spots in Earth's history to fix changes made by Baltar.
6EdXl TIL of the 4 Chaplains. A Jewish Rabbi, a Catholic priest, and 2 Protestant ministers who were on the SS Dorchester when it was torpedoed. The 4 helped evacuate the ship and gave away their own lifejackets when supply ran out, then joined arms and sang hymns as they went down with the ship.