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TIL that Morgan Freeman Had To Pay $100 million as divorce alimony to his second wife, Myrna Colley-Lee.

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XErKD TIL about the McDonalds in Sedona, AZ. Because of council restrictions, the famous golden arches are blue, as to not interfere with the red colour of the mountains nearby.
69Km TIL Leonardo Da Vinci had a pupil who painted a nude version of Mona Lisa, called Monna Vanna
Megnm TIL The English language used to have six more letters: thorn (þ), eth (ð), wynn (ƿ), yogh (ȝ), ash (æ), and ethel (œ). They all disappeared by the 15th century.
E1K57 TIL of the Schulze-Boysens, a married couple who were members of the German high society. They were also anti-Nazi activists who formed a resistance group known as the Red Orchestra. They were caught and executed in 1942 but the Red Orchestra continued throughout the war as an espionage network.
pYOn4 TIL that in 1984 the San Francisco Giants introduced an "anti'mascot" named Crazy Crab which was so disliked that the costume had to be reinforced with fiberglass shell for safety, due to fans pelting it with beer bottles and batteries.