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TIL A&E star Billy the Exterminator joined the Air Force at age 19 intent on a career in law enforcement; however, his military entrance examination indicated that he had an aptitude for biology, which lead to his extermination career at an Air Base.

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e0YnD TIL The first native to greet the settlers at Plymouth colony not only spoke English, he boldly walked into their camp to say hello and ask if they had beer. His name was Samoset, and along with Squanto, he spent several years teaching the colonists to farm, hunt and survive in the New World.
loLYr TIL that Republic of China have a legislative election in 1948, where 200 million voters vote for their legislators in 47 provinces, municipalities, 18 Mongolian Leagues, Tibetan area, oversea Chinese region . Making China the largest democracy at the time.
M7oDm TIL that in 1938, a wallet manufacturer ran advertisements demonstrating that a Social Security card could fit into its wallets. In these ads, it used a sample card featuring the real Social Security Number of the company's secretary
Oo4we TIL that Nicholas Cage spent $150 million on a 70-million-year-old dinosaur skull, a tomb, a $150,000 first edition Superman comic, pygmy heads, two European castles; one worth $10 million and the other $2.6 million, and 15 residences. He later had to return the skull to the Mongolian govt.
oRMwW TIL in 1977, musician Jimmy Buffett was driving to Key West on the Seven Mile Bridge when the bridge got stuck in the open position causing a 3-hour delay to fix it. To kill time, he wrote the song "Margaritaville" while sitting on the hood of his car.