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TIL in 2006, a group of high school students were given an assignment to write to their favorite authors asking them to visit their school. Kurt Vonnegut was the only author to respond.

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VBmVp TIL: At least one player drafted in Top 5 of the NBA draft was named Rookie of the Year, or has made an All-Star Team or All-NBA Team every year since 1976. The highest drafted player who made an All-Star Team that season was Adrian Dantley, who was drafted 6th by the Buffalo Braves.
16ow7 TIL Westinghouse acquired CBS in 1994, sold most of its own non media business, then renamed itself CBS in 1997
N7ADN TIL New York City once had two competing police forces - city and state - who rioted in front of City Hall
OpE6 TIL Cristiano Ronaldo funded the education of a 7 y.o. survivor of the horrific 2004 tsunami in Indonesia. 21 days after the disaster, the boy was found alone and wearing a Portuguese national football team jersey. He grew up to be a football player and was signed by Sporting Lisbon in 2015.
X0Pv6 TIL Harriet Tubman lead a military operation to free slaves during the civil war