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TIL Kris Kristofferson was a Golden Gloves boxer, a Rhodes Scholar, a military Captain, a West Point professor, and landed a helicopter in Johnny Cash’s yard to hand him music that became song of the year, ultimately going ono a successful music career, and then onto Hollywood to make movies.

gvO4 TIL when Weird Al showed Mark Mothersbaugh his style parody “Dare to be Stupid,” Mothersbaugh said he hated Al for it because Al had perfected the sound that Devo had always tried to achieve.
X0QdR TIL the real name, date of birth and national origin of the author of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre are uncertain/mysterious. His publishers never met him, though he is confirmed to have lived in Germany and Mexico under different pseudonyms.
lo7jN TIL Shavarsh Karapetyan, a retired Professional Swimmer, saved 20 people that got trapped in frigid, sewage infested waters. His career as a professional swimmer ended after this heroic act due to 2 sided pneumonia and blood contamination that put him in a coma. Now he sells shoes for a living.
EX8d TIL U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas did not grow up speaking English. Instead, he spoke a creole language known as Gullah that began among coastal slave communities. Thomas has said the reason he rarely speaks publicly is because he does not want any traces of it to come out in his speech
gMynb TIL the chess kid from the "Final Boss" meme didn't freak out and actually played a decent game against a champion player.