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TIL Scrabble apparently has world titles and even an ELO ranking

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4XyZg TIL that at Ford's Theatre a portrait of George Washington is hung on the box where President Abraham Lincoln was shot. At the time, there was no official presidential seal or symbol, so owner John T. Ford hung the portrait there, as a symbol of the office.
Wla8 TIL: In WWII, coconut water was temporarily used as IV fluid when saline was in short supply.
kJY8B TIL an Iowa Supermarket employee went missing in 2009 while at work, only to have his decomposed body discovered in a gap between a freezer and a wall 10 years later in 2019.
grEo4 TIL "One nation, under God" isn't a centuries-old relic, rather it was added as recently as in 1954.
aMGy TIL Jim Carrey sucked on Shannon Wirrey’s real boob which had milk in them in “Me, Myself & Irene”. He felt so humiliated that he had to clear the set before each take.