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TIL Arthur Conan Doyle Secretly Resented His Sherlock Holmes Character

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6yaJ TIL North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il was claimed to complete a 72 par course in 34 strokes, managing a world record five holes-in-one, making him the best golfer in the history of the world. It was also apparently the first time he has ever golfed.
ZpmVG TIL Iconic movie producer Joel Silver (Die Hard, The Matrix) is one of the creators of the sport "Ultimate Frisbee"
NXlZ6 TIL I learned if the US government shuts down, ICE agents will have to work as essential employees but they will not be paid until the shutdown ends.
7raDp TIL of the Caterpillar Club, whose members consist solely of people who’ve escaped out of a failing plane and lived. The club was founded by an army test pilot who bailed out of a plane in 1922 and decided that anyone else who’s ever survived this ordeal would become an automatic member.
a8dDL TIL Roughly 81 million eligible American voters did not cast a ballot in 2020…