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TIL that the first person to win $1M on the US version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire used only one of his lifelines—he phoned his dad on the final question to let him know he knew the answer.

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KWyw TIL In 1977 a Chinese woman with no medical degree anonymously found a malaria cure. 38 years later, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine.
Y7Obr TIL Tom Cruise saved the American release of ‘Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels’ by endorsing it at a buyer screening, launching the careers of Jason Statham, Guy Ritchie & Matthew Vaughn in the process
YpGP7 TIL the directors of Airplane! auditioned numerous voice actors for the opening red zone/white zone scene, disliking all of them. They ended up tracking down the married couple who originally recorded the announcements that were used at LAX in 1980. Their voices are in the finished film.
1BOX TIL 47 years ago today, December 18,How the Grinch Stole Christmas was first aired on CBS.
O47e TIL That the average NFL game has just 11 minutes of action, the rest is replays ads and people walking around.