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TIL that eighth World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal had three fingers on his right hand

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DXAP TIL that Frank Sinatra once drunkenly tipped a valet $200, asking him if that was the biggest tip he ever received. When the valet responded “no” Sinatra asked him who had tipped him more. The valet responded “why you did, Mr. Sinatra. Last week!”
9YnJr TIL that during the peak of the cold war, one of the tasks given to Niel Armstrong was to place two Soviet medals on the moon to honour their fallen Soviet competitors.
yakV TIL the composer for Looney Tunes cartoons, Carl W. Stalling, wrote on average one complete episode score per week for 22 years
VMN60 TIL: That Mount Vernon the family home of George Washington, the first President of the United States, has always been open to the public. A tradition started by George Washington himself in the 1700s.
ADoja TIL that US territories like Puerto Rico get to vote in primaries and caucuses to help political parties choose nominees for the presidential election despite not being able to vote in the presidential election itself