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8a9b TIL that Johnny Cash was the first American to hear about Joseph Stalin’s death, while working as a decoder for the US Army
OjYX TIL Sean Connery single handedly beat 4 men in a night club while Michael Caine held his coat
R5lW1 TIL a link between testosterone and baldness was first discovered in a 1940s era study of mental hospital patients who were castrated and later injected with testosterone. These observations are now credited with helping to produce some of our modern treatments for male pattern baldness.
X0Jar TIL in 1970 author Jilly Cooper lost the only manuscript for her erotic novel 'Riders' on a London bus. It was never found. Devasted, she took another 14 years to begin writing it again. It went on to became an international bestseller and kicked of the "bonkbustrr" genre.
W7kvX TIL Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The Scarlet Letter, was a direct descendant of one of the judges who served in the Salem 1690s witch trials.