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TIL: That John Wilkes Booth is said to be the first actor to have his clothes torn by fans. His good looks and charm made him an early American heat throb

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yQ5Ea TIL there is a fixed set of taxi drivers in New York, and it costed over 1 million dollars to buy a license as recent as 2014. Thanks to companies like uber however these licenses currently cost under $200,000 each.
8x8X TIL The set of “Saved By The Bell” was never completely taken down, and has been used for other shows like “That’s So Raven” and “iCarly.”
Br6Ny TIL: The first British jet fighter, the Meteor, killed more British pilots in accidents (450) than the Germans did in the Battle of Britain (407).
Kp4 TIL that in the 18th century, to discreetly tax rich people more, Scotland, England and France imposed window taxes based on the number of windows your residence had. To this day you can see many bricked over windows from that time.
e0mB5 TIL that Nicolas Cage once outbid Leonardo DiCaprio for a 70 million year old dinosaur skull paying $276,000 for it. After later finding out that the skull was stolen he agreed to return it to the Mongolian authorities.