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TIL Kevin O'Connor of This Old House fame, was a senior vice president at Bank of America. The producers approached him for the new gig after they shot an episode at Kevin's house.

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ApEo TIL that the Ziryab (789-857 AD) was a Persian polymath: a poet, musician, singer, cosmetologist, fashion designer, celebrity, trendsetter, strategist, astronomer, botanis, geographer and former slave. Most people have never heard of Ziryab, yet at least two of his innovations remain to this day.
6E9DZ TIL John F. Kennedy's brain was removed and stored in the National Archive after his autopsy. The brain was subsequently lost and remains missing to this day.
o4AE TIL in 1987 Lynne Cox swam from the United States to The Soviet Union (Little Diomede in Alaska to Big Diomede) and in the process eased Cold War tensions.
1bY4 TIL that in 1995, less than half of the US approved of interracial marriages.
5YYwP TIL prior to 1966, time was locally decided by businesses and municipalities. LJB reigned in the chaos and established Daylight Saving with the Uniform Time Act.