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TIL former US president Ulysses S Grant and Mark Twain were close friends. Twain, being aware of Grant's poor financial situation post-presidency, offered him a 70% royalty for his Memoirs

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yVZea TIL that Rudie van Vuuren represented Namibia in both 2003 Cricket World Cup and 2003 Rugby World Cup. He is also a medical doctor and he helped to deliver 70 babies in his clinic all within the space of just 8 months between the two World Cups that he played in.
An1w TIL in 2008 pranksters hacked into a Czech weathercast and added a nuclear bomb blast to the live video of the view outdoors.
AD6L4 TIL about James Dresnok, an American soldier who defected to North Korea in 1962 and lived there until his death in 2016.
EkaX TIL that Jeanne Calment, person with the longest confirmed lifespan (122) ate a kilogram of chocolate every week.
xVxB TIL: There is a cave full of MASSIVE CRYSTALS 304 meters underneath Mexico. Seriously “Journey To The Centre Of The Earth” style.