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TIL child genius Andrew Halliburton dropped out of college and has worked at McDonalds for over five years.

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1RYO TIL Harvard once Expelled Ten Students for Being Gay in a Secret Kangaroo Court until Being Revealed in 2002
gpKy TIL that, according to the Canadian Federal government, Santa Claus is a Canadian Citizen.
4XmLJ TIL How early touch screen technology works.
MedXb TIL that James Kim walked 16.2 mi enduring freezing temperatures in casual clothes in an attempt to reach the nearest town to get help for his family's stranded car before dying of hypothermia. It was the discovery of his footprints in the snow that led to his family's rescue
6EgZl TIL Dolly Parton's "Jolene" is about a red-headed clerk who had a crush on her husband, but the song is named after one of her fans. Dolly told her, "That is pretty. That sounds like a song. I'm going to write a song about that."