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TIL that a piece of Sir Isaac Newton’s apple tree was taken to space on a space shuttle mission to defy gravity

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rNAZe TIL Alex Trebek nearly became a priest. In college, Trebek considered becoming a priest and went so far as to spend a summer at a Trappist monastery. But it was the vow of silence that changed his mind. He later said, “I’m not one to keep my big mouth shut.”
DQDJr TIL that Malaysia has a "deputy king," who fills in when the actual king is not available
6KRX TIL Disney world is built upon a small city that runs the park
QJlRM TIL that a 102-year-old German woman became a doctor 77 years after Nazis banned her dissertation.
pYWk8 TIL After playing chess for 14 hours a day for months in preperation for the chess world championship, Bobby Fischer was asked what he was going to do now that he had won, his response was: "My goal now is to play more chess, I haven't played enough chess"