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TIL Bob Marley moved near his mother's residence in Wilmington, Delaware for a short time, during which he worked as a DuPont lab assistant and on the assembly line at a Chrysler plant in nearby Newark, under the alias Donald Marley.

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Wk6G8 TIL About Desmond Doss, a non-combatant combat medic with an infantry company serving in World War II. At the Battle of Okinawa, he single handedly saved 75 mens lives, one at a time whilst under gunfire, becoming the only conscientious objector to receive the medal of honour for his actions.
xVxwB TIL that Louis Armstrong, an influential jazz figure, didn't receive formal musical training until he was arrested for firing a pistol at age 11. In there, the music teacher, Peter Davis, taught him how to play the bugle and cornet. In retrospect, Louis said that was when "me and music got married."
r6rd TIL at 15 Jim Carrey was a full time janitor, supporting his family who were living in a van. In 1990 while broke, he wrote himself a $10M check dated Nov of 1995. In 1994, he landed his breakout role in Ace Ventura, then The Mask, and Dumb & Dumber, putting him over the $10M mark by the end of 1995
gMrr4 TIL that William Henry Harrison only spent a month in office.
V7NQ TIL-Ronnie Van Zant, told his band he will never live to see 30.Van Zant’s father said when Ronnie was younger,“He said to me many times, ‘Daddy, I’ll never be 30 years old.’ I said, 'Why are you talking this junk?’ and he said, 'Daddy, that’s my limit.’” He died at the age of 29 in a plane crash.