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TIL Peri Gilpin (who played Roz on Frasier) lost her news anchor father (Jim O'Brien) in a skydiving accident in 1983.

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e0AP5 TIL of the usage "Bob's your uncle" meaning "and there you have it". In 1887, the UK Prime Minister Robert "Bob" Cecil appointed his nephew, Arthur Balfour as Chief Secretary for Ireland. Whatever other qualifications Balfour might have had, "Bob's your uncle" was seen as the conclusive one.
Oo1PX TIL: Researchers report that they used newly discovered gut bacteria enzymes to convert type A blood to type O at a rate faster than ever before.
W7gxB TIL That certain bills like rent, utilities, streaming services, insurance, etc. can be added to your credit file
oRP9Y TIL that Ernest Shackleton, a polar explorer most well known for the Endurance Expedition, when he led his entire crew out of the Antarctic ice after their ship had been crushed, was one of the men who testified at the British inquiry into the Titanic disaster.
jgkN TIL Notorious English pirate captain Benjamin Hornigold (1680–1719) once attacked a ship off the coast of Honduras just to replace his crew’s hats (they had drunkenly lost them the night before)