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TIL Teller, of Penn and Teller, legally changed his birth name to just "Teller". He is only one of a few people to have a mononymous US passport.

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W7jo8 TIL that Simone Biles is the most decorated American gymnast, with over 30 medals at the Olympics and World Championships, multiple signature moves named after her, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest gymnasts ever
8aaZ4 TIL Charlie Chaplin's youngest child, Christopher Chaplin, is only 55. By comparison, his oldest child, Norman Chaplin, would have been 98 this year.
7g9p TIL that Glenn Burke was not only the first openly gay major league baseball player, but is also credited with inventing the high five in 1977
yypM TIL that the German word for “jack of all trades” (Eierlegende-wollmilchsau) literally means egg-laying-wool-milk-pig thereby describing the perfect animal that provides wool, milk and, finally, bacon.
N7V9P TIL that a study of directly measured height and weight data, as opposed to self-reported data, revealed that Midwesterners are fatter than Southerners