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TIL Tina Louise (Ginger on Gilligan's Island) has spent the last 20 years teaching children to read

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vagK TIL that Bill Gates decided to quit Facebook after being bombarded by friend requests.
VBvZB TIL Communist Czechoslovak leader Alexander Dubcek was removed from office due to the Czechoslovak national hockey team defeating the Soviet hockey team
vPLbj TIL: In 2023, an infamous Mafia Hitman who was on the run for 16 years for killing people with a metal bar was discovered working as a pizza chef. His food became famous enough to be featured in the local newspaper which tipped off authorities.
rN141 TIL our best theory of why we sleep is because our brain uses spine juice to wash away the doody proteins
ANryx TIL Canada prohibits aircraft from flying faster than Mach 1, but made an exception in 2003 for a Concorde’s final fight, from NYC to Seattle. It set a new speed record of 3 hours, 55 minutes, and 2 seconds.