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TIL that Angelina Jolie sold her baby photos to the press with the understanding that they’d never report any negative news about her, ever again (including pre-approving editorials about her).

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Y7nRZ TIL: While in office, President Jimmy Carter had to physically defend himself from a rabbit.
vPv5R TIL only one person has visited all 193 UN-recognized countries, as well as space. His name is Jim Kitchen.
oZAR TIL Audie Murphy, when asked after the war why he had seized the machine gun of a burning M10 tank destroyer and taken on an entire company of German infantry, he replied simply, “They were killing my friends.”
l0mV TIL that new Economics PhDs have a 0% unemployment rate
6Oml TIL Winston Churchill was seriously injured in NYC in 1931 when he was struck by a car while attempting to cross the street. Accustomed to British traffic, he looked the wrong way and, seeing no cars, stepped into traffic. He went out of his way to ensure the driver of the car did not get blamed.