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TIL that Bill Nye’s father taught him how to tie a bow tie so that he could impress girls in high school.

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XE146 TIL John Williams has been nominated for an Oscar 51 times, averaging one nomination a year since his first in 1967
1awNd TIL of Eric Hoffer, a writer and philosopher, who went blind from age 7 to 15. He was so afraid he would go blind again that he spent his life reading, studying and writing everything he could before he lost his sight again (which he never did).
DQV8e TIL that 11-year old Ted Danson and his friends chopped down a bunch of billboards around Flagstaff, AZ, because they obstructed views of nature. He was caught when his father, a museum curator, learned that billboards for the Museum of Northern Arizona were spared.
6KeQ TIL Theodore Roosevelt boxed regularly during his presidency until he was hit so hard he went blind in one eye.
DQNVV TIL a lawsuit was filed in Austin, Texas by a man seeking $17.31 in damages from his date who had been texting during a movie. He argued that his date's behavior was a threat to civilized society and the money sought was to reimburse him for the cost of the movie ticket.