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TIL people who go to bed late are likely to be more intelligent than those who go to bed early

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wLMm6 TIL that actor and creator of Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane, was supposed to be on one of the planes hijacked during the 9/11 terror attacks, but missed the flight because he was hungover.
nWdBd TIL - On 29 August 1916, the armored cruiser USS Memphis, while at anchored near Santa Domingo, was struck by large waves, estimated at 70ft (21m) in height. The waves drove her onto the rocky shore damaging her so badly she was stricken and sold for scrap.
QJDWp TIL: In the Rock, Paper, Scissors game, on the first throw, paper is the best choice. Paper ties with paper and statistically, scissors is the least popular choice overall. Also, men favor rock.
bNBa TIL there’s a school that train people with autism to become visual effects artists. Their credits include Captain America, Avengers and Game of Thrones.
b9d40 TIL that future US President Ulysses S. Grant ordered all Jews be expelled from areas under his military control in 1862, blaming them for black market cotton trading. Lincoln overruled the order less than a month later.