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TIL Tom Cruise was diagnosed with dyslexia at 6 yrs old and graduated high school as a functional illiterate, relying on his sister for help with schoolwork. He was in movies like Taps and Risky Business before learning to read in 1986 when he became a scientologist, the year Top Gun was released.

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xVXk1 TIL the first officially recognized disease caused by an occupation was scrotal cancer in children chimney sweeps in 1775.
Rjbj TIL approximately 3,000 years elapsed from the first pharaoh to the last. That means that Ancient Egypt existed for more than half of recorded history to date.
DrXD TIL The Hungarian serial killer Béla Kiss is thought to have murdered at least 23 young women and 1 man, and attempted to pickle them in giant metal drums. When WWI began, he was conscripted and left his house. When his crimes were discovered, he evaded capture and was never heard from again.
9wMM7 TIL that the famed mystery author Agatha Christie was an avid surfer, and first learned the sport in 1922. She is thought to be the first western woman to stand up on a surfboard.
kJx14 TIL Leo McCarey, the director of Duck Soup (1933), said in an interview with Cahiers du cinema in 1967: "The most surprising thing about this film was that I succeeded in not going crazy, because I really did not want to work with them: they were completely mad."