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TIL Richard Nixon's VP Spiro Agnew borrowed $200k ($1.4m today) from Frank Sinatra to pay off tax debts.
VMPKD
TIL that former Dunkin' Donuts spokesman Fred the Baker (played by actor Michael Vale) was so beloved by the public that he was given an official retirement including a parade in Boston and free donuts for six million people.
QJ64M
TIL During the height of the Cold War, the US built an embassy in Moscow that was so riddled with eavesdropping equipment, by 1985 the building was abandoned after spending $136 million. Eventually, the embassy was taken apart brick by brick and rebuilt over 15 years at a cost of $240 million.