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TIL Michelle Yeoh's ex-husband was called Dickson Poon

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J1Bw8 TIL that Adam West performed the famous “Batusi” dance in the premier episode of the 1960s Batman television series.
v1Adj TIL John Von Neumann was an American polymath who is known as the last of the great mathematicians. On his deathbed, he entertained his brother by reciting the first lines of each page of Goethe’s Faust word-for-word by heart. He knew state secrets, so federal agents guarded his bed till his death.
kKWg TIL that in the event of a nuclear blast, you should not use conditioner because it will bind radioactive material to your hair.
MekE7 TIL only 113 people have served on the US Supreme Court since 1789.
wdg8 TIL the GPS is owned by the United States and was originally developed for military usage but made freely-available in 1983 by President Ronald Reagan after Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down