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TIL that BONO is the only human to have been nominated for an Oscar, a Grammy and a Nobel prize

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ADA0B TIL of "The Game of the Century" where 13 year old Bobby Fischer went up against previous US Open Champion and ended up winning by sacrificing his queen
NMoE TIL It is considered a sin for one to try to convert another to Judaism. One must desire conversion to Judaism for its own sake, and for no other motives.
Oom6X TIL that during the Joker Pencil Trick scene in The Dark Knight was as dangerous as it looked. Charles Jarman, who played the Pencil Trick Thug, stated that he had to remove the pencil, in order to make it look realistic, before Joker (played by Heath Ledger) slammed his head on the table.
r6gW TIL that Pete Best released an album in 1965 called “Best of the Beatles” that contained no Beatles music but fooled so many people into buying it that it was investigated for consumer fraud. The case was dropped because no fraud had been committed, he was Best, of the Beatles.
kA77 TIL Queen’s guitarist, Brian May, has a PhD in Astrophysics.