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TIL That Bill Cosby received credit for his TV work as part of his Doctorate in Education degree

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neveY TIL the Hitchcock film North By Northwest (1959) is regarded by some to be "the first James Bond film", due to its similarities with splashily colorful settings, secret agents, a femme fatale, and an elegant, wisecracking leading man opposite a sinister yet strangely charming villain
yDlX TIL that in 1781 a slave ship threw 133 slaves overboard to make an insurance claim for them as cargo.
XKrE TIL that before the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, prostitutes enrolled in free English classes to improve their hosting skills and ability to make more money off their customers
xVkZg TIL that the classification of “First World” initially had nothing to do with standard of living or GDP. The terms 1st, 2nd, and 3rd world were devised at the onset of the Cold War to describe nations that were either aligned to NATO (1st), aligned to the USSR (2nd), or non-aligned to either (3rd).
mxP1Y TIL of John Monash, an Australian WWI general who was so good at organising battles and overseeing the wellbeing of his troops, that during the Battle of Hamel in 1918, he managed to arrange the delivery of hot meals to troops, even up to the front line.