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TIL Monkeys will pay to watch monkey porn.

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R7eNw TIL comic, actor and comedian Carl Reiner was an avid wrestling fan since the 1950s. Late wrestler later turned manager Freddie Blassie appeared as himself on the Dick Van Dyke show which Reiner created a decade after his noted wrestling fandom began.
OoOMe TIL that r-process - happening during supernova/neutron-star merger, is responsible for the creation of approximately half of the atomic nuclei heavier than iron
pBLG TIL that many films/TV shows, including Gremlins, Desperate Housewives, The Munsters, Beethoven, Deep Impact, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer, as well as music videos by The Offspring and P. Diddy, were all filmed at the same backlot street set at Universal Studios Hollywood, using the same houses.
WkAaN TIL Adjusted for inflation the time when the president was paid the most was in 1909 earning $2,135,000 compared to the current salary of $400,000
jNPGv TIL the city of Knoxville, Tennessee is a international port that can connect boaters to the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes, despite the fact the closest beach from Knoxville is 372 miles East.