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TIL Charlie Sheen reached a settlement with Warner Bros. and was paid for NOT doing Two and a Half Men.

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8aGNL TIL Chicago Blackhawks called on a 36 year-old accountant and fan to serve as Emergency goalie after starter and backups were injured. He played in the third period and had 7 saves with a save percentage of 1.000
W7RmA TIL of the Zone of Death an area in the United States where one can legally get away with murder
nWxjo TIL: The screenwriters of the 1957 film "Bridge on the River Kwai" were on the Hollywood blacklist, so the non-english speaking author of the book the film was based on was credited as the screenwriter instead. The film won an academy award for screenwriting.
b9ERj TIL that the term "OK" achieved national prominence in 1840, when Democrats claimed during the election that it stood for "Old Kinderhook," a nickname for incumbent President Van Buren. In response, Whig opponents attributed OK ("Oll Korrect," or all correct) to the bad spelling of Andrew Jackson.
RKll TIL David Letterman sponsors a scholarship at Ball State that is supposedly awarded to “average” students, since he was a mediocre student.