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TIL Marvel pays Stan Lee $1 million a year for life just for being Stan Lee

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P6VG TIL Timothy the tortoise served as a mascot on HMS Queen during the bombardment of Sevastopol in 1854. She was, until her death in 2004, the last surviving witness to the Crimean War.
wLOK7 TIL that Los Angeles's economy is bigger than every state in America with just two exceptions: New York and Texas
44aw TIL that the sound of the Nazgul’s screams was based off of Peter Jackson’s wife screaming with a throat infection.
e4L TIL James Earl Jones declined to have his name included in the credits of Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back, feeling his contributions were too insignificant.
4kNJ TIL that in 1981, 8% of personal bankruptcies cited medical costs as a contributing factor compared to 62% in 2009