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TIL Ray Charles and Clint Eastwood sang a song together

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oWNR TIL Google’s first ever tweet was “I’m 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101100 01110101 01100011 01101011 01111001 00001010” which when converted from binary means, “I’m feeling lucky”.
oBL7r TIL the self-absorption paradox asserts that the more self-aware we are, the less likely we are to make social mistakes, but the more likely we are to torture ourselves over past mistakes. High self-awareness leads to more psychological distress.
Zpmxp TIL that the Earl of Sandwich restaurant found in Disney World, Orlando, was founded by the current Earl of Sandwich, and his son Orlando.
MealK TIL Arleigh Burke mistakenly led his ships into a Japanese minefield. Admiral Halsey asked him what he was doing in the minefield. Burke replied "about 31 knots." Hence his nickname '31 Knot Burke'
7rM7M til of Francis Noel Baker. the only man to win both an Olympic medal and a Nobel prize. he won a silver in the 1500m in the 1920 Olympics and the Nobel peace prize in 1959.