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TIL that ‘Jeremy’ is the most common first name for a criminal in the US

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09mp TIL, in an effort show the importance of the company to the local economy, Geneva Steel paid their employee bonuses using 2$ bills, which then started showing up in local businesses.
RdO9 TIL: Jim Henson’s Muppets were regular “cast members” on the first season of Saturday Night Live, but the human cast members and writers weren’t entirely fond of the furry folks because they took away screen time from them and seemed childish. Jim Belushi called them the “Mucking Fuppets”.
neLlo TIL Mikhail Gorbachev was unable to be present on the occasion of his award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, 1990 but had his First Deputy Foreign Minister speak instead. His speech emphasized perestroika for USSR and mankind
grol8 TIL The last captive Carolina parakeet, Incas, died at the Cincinnati Zoo on February 21, 1918, in the same cage as Martha, the last passenger pigeon, who died in 1914.
R5mLw TIL Sarah Rector Became The ‘Richest Black Girl In America’ In The Early 20th Century By the time she turned 18, Sarah Rector's net worth was estimated at over $1 million — about $28 million today. And it all came from undesirable land that the federal government gave her.