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TIL Mark Hamill graduated from high school in Japan

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dV9r TIL a school board tried to ban To Kill a Mocking Bird. Harper Lee donated money so that members of the school board could enroll in the first grade and improve their literacy.
7wYb TIL that Mr. Rogers saw to it that every letter he received got an answer.
k0eW TIL Rolls-Royce only use bull hides for upholstery since female cows are prone to stretch marks during pregnancy
b61d7 TIL Frederick Forsyth spent six months reporting on the Nigerian Civil War for BBC. He asked to continue covering the war, and BBC refused. So Forsyth quit and covered the war freelance for two years, during which time he claims to have been an MI6 informant.
Egylp TIL that Babe Ruth, at the age of 40, hit his 714th and final home run over 500 feet, clearing Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field’s triple deck, and bouncing off a nearby resident’s roof