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TIL The White House has a Chief Calligrapher. Job includes writing invitations to dinners, greetings, and proclamations. The position earns $104,200 a year.

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wLAWP TIL Chuck Wepner, the inspiration for Rocky, boxed/wrestled Andre the Giant in 1976. It is speculated that the match influenced Rocky III (1982), which features a fight where Hulk Hogan, "Thunderlips", throws Rocky out of the ring, as Andre did Wepner in real life.
R694 TIL in 1846, Albert Tirrell became the first to successfully use sleepwalking as a defense for murder and arson in the United States.
nedd7 TIL that on Dec. 3, 1965 Keith Richards nearly died when his guitar touched a microphone stand, sending a massive electrical surge through his body and a flame out of the microphone. It is speculated that he survived only because of the thick soles of his suede Hush Puppies.
rRG9w TIL Spain, Belgium and France have some of the highest Organ Donation rates but not because they voluntarily choose to. It is because the gov has changed the option on the license application where you have to check Opt-out to not be considered a donor. The default setting is that you are a donor.
W79E4 TIL Arizona driver licenses don’t need to be renewed until the resident is 65 years old; the same license can be used for 5 decades