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TIL Anthony Fauci was the captain of the basketball team when he was in High School

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mjmY TIL that although many Evangelicals oppose the ‘Harry Potter’ series, prominent leaders of the Latter-day Saints (Mormon) church have recommended the series and spoke of being fans because the books teach morality and show good being victorious over evil
jNVQE TIL The cat Brando pets in The Godfather purred so loudly the actors' voices had to be re-recorded
4p9J TIL that a 7-year old Australian boy broke into a reptile zoo, killed 13 reptiles then fed them all to a 440 pound 11’ saltwater crocodile, also in that same zoo.
YoQB TIL Glenn Gould, one of the most proficient pianists to live, hummed instead of crying as a child, learned to read music before language, refused to play in concerts without his chair his father made him, and can be heard humming in virtually all of his recordings
GYX7J TIL in 1935 a USMC General and Medal of Honor recipient wrote a bestselling book describing how wars exist to enrich corporations.