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TIL The first contestant to win the American “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” used the phone a friend lifeline on his last question just to tell his dad he won.

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Lk800 TIL Dax Cowart was injured in a propane gas explosion, burning his entire body except the soles of his feet, suffering hearing loss, and the loss of his hands and eyes. He went on to earn a law degree, advocating for patients right to die.
16yVV TIL that the US publishes a quarterly list of names of people who renounced citizenship to "shame or embarrass" them
VMl5k TIL the cryptocurrency Dogecoin community raised $129,687 for the Jamaican national bobsleigh team, who qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics but lacked funding -- far surpassing the $40,000 necessary.
a899M TIL that Gabe Newell, president of the video game company Valve which created steam, owns Inkfish, an ocean-exploration research organisation which currently holds the records for the deepest crewed dives in all five oceans with their deep-submergence vehicle Limiting Factor
WoBo TIL Jonathan Goldsmith “The Most Interesting Man in the World” played a crewmember on the original Star Trek.