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TIL there is an international window cleaning association. There really is a place for everyone.

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6E1DJ TIL that Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park and many more novels, graduated Harvard Medical School with his MD. He never obtained his medical license (after deciding he hated the system and culture), and instead pursued writing.
8awDX TIL that when Randy Pausch from the Last Lecture, who dreamed of "being Captain Kirk", was given a fatal diagnosis of pancreatic he received an autographed picture of Kirk from William Shatner that read "I don't believe in the no-win scenario"
nXdW TIL that the largest non-commercial rocket launch in Europe was undertaken by Top Gear while attempting to send a Reliant Robin to space
KOLmG TIL the Olympic tradition of running the torch from Olympia to the host city first started at the Berlin Olympics in 1936.
Ypn6Z TIL Abraham Lincoln was an accomplished wrestler who competed in over 300 matches, only losing once. In recent times, he was honored by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame for his accomplishments.