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TIL That Will Ferrell performed for the sequestered OJ Simpson jury while a part of The Groundlings comedy troupe

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nD59 TIL of Kim Ung-Yong, a South Korean man who was a guest student at a university at the age of 3, was invited by NASA to conduct research at 8, and earned a PhD in Civil Engineering at 15. He also has the highest IQ ever recorded in history.
9gMQ TIL that there’s a part of our brain that consumes more calories than any other and we have no idea where the energy goes.
xOn5 TIL when Christopher Reeve was in ICU after his spinal injury, Robin Williams surprised him by dressing up as proctologist. Reeve wrote “"For the first time since the accident, I laughed.”
mXWp TIL a city in Texas renamed itself to “DISH, Texas” in order to receive free Dish Satellite service for 10 years
BrvvW TIL the Pentagon was built in less than a year and a half and was only supposed to be temporary