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TIL that the announcer on Jeopardy!, Johnny Gilbert, turns 97 this year

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wx5E TIL that during the Napoleonic wars, a french ship wrecked off the coast of Hartlepool. The only survivor being a Monkey in a french uniform. Since the locals had never seen a Monkey nor a Frenchman before, they concluded the monkey was a french spy and hanged the monkey.
x6oVg TIL somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean are the Disappointment Islands. Named by John Byron in 1765, because he found the natives to be hostile towads him.
JYr9Q TIL the USA nuclear missile fleet is controlled by 1960’s computers with no internet to prevent hacking.
mKwy TIL: The last name of the V.P. of sales for Nintendo of America is Bowser.
N7Zo1 TIL The Star Wars (1977) attack run scene was heavily influenced by the Dam Busters (1955) bombing run (based on the true story of a low flying bombing run, deep in Axis territory, amidst enemy fire, with a very narrow target window to hit a weak point in enourmous enemy targets. Sound familiar?).