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TIL Heath Ledger was an accomplished chess player and won Western Australia’s junior chess championship, aged 10

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D1oJg TIL Scientists found species of fungi in Chernobyl that feed on the radiation for energy.
Oo9wa TIL in the entire 120+ year history of Kansas University's basketball team there has been only one coach with a losing record. His name is James Naismith, the inventor of basketball.
ADKO4 TIL of 'kangaroo words', that is, a word that contains a synonym inside it, i.e MAscuLinE, BLOssOM, cHickEN or hoNOuraBLE.
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KOOoQ TIL In the 18th century, King George I of England declared all pigeon droppings to be property of the Crown.