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TIL “The Andy Griffith Show” was a spin-off of an episode of “Make Room for Daddy”

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MrGm TIL former First Lady Laura Bush killed a classmate after running a stop sign
a8gJM TIL of Clare Hollingworth. She was the first war correspondent to report the outbreak of World War II, which was described as the “scoop of the century”. She lived to 105.
WkNMN TIL: In 1999, Garry Kasparov faced the rest of the world in a game of chess. Moves were decided through a plurality vote involving 50,000 people from more than 75 countries. Kasparov won the game.
vPVQ8 TIL ancient Greeks would irrigate battle wounds with vinegar and honey and then use spiderwebs to keep the honey in the wound
wLoeJ "What if we could just cool the planet off by making it more reflective—more like a disco ball than a baseball? Actually, we could. It’s called solar geoengineering. Scientists could release materials into the stratosphere that reflect sunlight back into space, kind of like slapping giant sunglasses on Earth."