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TIL Heath Ledger was an accomplished chess player and won the Western Australia’s Junior Chess Championship at 10-years old.

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DQYgv TIL there are people who can sleep less, be more productive and physically fit and overall healthy
x6lYB TIL Betty White was nominated in the 1st Emmy category for female performers in 1950, 1 of the first women to have full creative control of her own TV show, while she was still living at home with her parents, the1st woman to host her own talk show and 1st woman to win an Emmy for game show hosting
m1LgR TIL of Guinea-worm disease where a worm is ingested from contaminated water & around a year later the worm exists slowly usually from the leg, leaving disabling the person for 3-10 weeks. Wrapping the worm around a stick induces it to come out with gentle tension but too much tension can kill it.
VMXlB TIL That when the VOICE hotline was set up earlier this year for reporting criminal activity of illegal aliens, it was flooded with calls reporting space aliens and Bigfoot sightings
6gvX TIL Ronald Reagan was instrumental in passing the Assault Weapons ban in 1994 and was a major proponent of gun control after the assassination attempt on his life.