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TIL Conan O'Brien has History and Literature Degrees from Harvard.

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J18Gm TIL that the 1942 Rose Bowl was played in North Carolina because of the fear of a Japanese West Coast attack
KYK8w TIL that each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
QaBe Today I learned that Florida US Rep Alcee Hastings was impeached as a federal judge for bribery and perjury and was elected to Congress 4 years later.
al9A TIL the Writer of “Caddyshack” fell off a cliff and died a month after the movie’s release, after becoming depressed due to negative reviews. His co-writer joked that he “probably fell while looking for a place to jump.” The film is now a cult classic.
ADvv7 TIL Isaac Singer, the inventor of the Singer Sewing machine had 24 children across the USA, UK and France. Six of these children came from a relationship with Isabella Eugenie Boyer, a 19 year old French woman that the Statue of Liberty was based on. He left $13m estate to his 20 surviving children.