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TIL Jerry Springer was born in London during World War II in an underground station

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PYaBe TIL Jame Watson (co-discoverer of DNA) decided to auction off his Nobel prize medal in view of his diminished income, for US$4.1 million. The medal was subsequently returned to Watson by the purchaser, Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov.
0wMXp TIL The movie "Tootsie" was based on a nickname given to Dustin Hoffman by his mother.
5NDn TIL the oldest surviving spears in the world are some 300,000 years old and not even made by Homo Sapiens
lBmr TIL The original Playboy Bunnies were required to be able to identify 143 brands of liquor and how to make 20 different cocktails as part of their job requirements.
Yp5lr TIL In 2007 a man in a wheelchair was hit by an 18 wheeler. The handles were ensnared within the grill of the truck and he was pushed at over 60 mph for several miles on the highway. Amazingly, he escaped without injury.