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TIL Athletes Once Downed Champagne—and Strychnine—for Energy Boost

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QNyV6 TIL singer-songwriter Jewel had a relationship with actor Sean Penn. He sought her out with a phone call to her father's home in Alaska after watching her television debut on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in 1995. Jewel's father assumed it was a prank call.
M7PO7 TIL Since the World Chess Championship started in 1886, there has only ever been one instance of the title being won by a checkmate, back in 1929.
VMo5k TIL in 1962, Johnny Carson found out his wife had a secret apartment. He broke into the place with a gun and found football player Frank Gifford's framed photos. Getting sad, he drank all night and joked "That guy plays three positions on the field. I could never get Joanne to go for more than two."
KVyw TIL astronaut Scott Kelly will become even younger than his twin elder brother (also an astronaut) Mark Kelly (born 6 minutes before Scott), by three milliseconds after the completion of his one year mission on the ISS
w7MY TIL that the African Sahara Desert comprises about 8% of the world’s land area, and you could place the entire continental United States within it and have room to spare