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TIL Alan Francis is considered the greatest horseshoe player ever. 90% of his pitches are ringers and he has won the world horseshoe championships 28 times.

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4XMM5 TIL that the original and mostly forgotten theme song for the 1963 pilot of Gilligan's Island was written by John Williams - then only a few years into his musical career.
4X5bN TIL that many schools in the US still use the "cueing" method to teach students how to read, despite research showing that it's not effective. Cueing strategies include looking at the picture for context and trying to guess what word might make sense when you come to an unknown word.
VBam TIL Prostitution is legal in Canada
4Y6J TIL that Mike Tyson was addicted to coke and alcohol, getting high before some of his major fights. He used a fake penis with another person’s urine to avoid detection.
QJKNd TIL producer Jeffrey Katzenberg revived The Walt Disney Studios by helming some of their biggest hits: The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. After he angled for a promotion he was forced out the company instead. Better than revenge, he founded DreamWorks Studios.