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TIL Jessica Fletcher's sleuthing landed the fictional author a Guinness World Record title. She holds a Guinness World Record for being the most prolific amateur sleuth

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Ooypa TIL TIL Steve McQueen was demoted to private seven times by the Marines; he then saved the lives of other Marines by pulling them from a sinking tank, after which he was assigned to guard the presidential yacht of US President Harry Truman
OoDWL TIL after taking F. Scott Fitzgerald to the bathroom and checking the size of his penis, Ernest Hemingway reassured F. Scott Fitzgerald that his penis size was normal and he should confirm by checking the nude statues at the Louvre.
R5oW8 TIL about Helsinki's 'underground city' in Finland. It is composed of +5.000 underground bunkers carved into the bedrock. It can house up to 900,000 people in case of a nuclear attack on the capital.
p8DJp TIL that Cashews (and Mangoes) are in the same family as Poison Ivy. In fact Cashew shells, when freshly picked, cause poison-ivy type symptoms.
JYQ1j TIL about the film Wild Bill Hickock, made in 1923, which was the first film to portray Wyatt Earp, the famous gunslinger. The real Wyatt Earp was still alive, and served as a technical adviser for the film.