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TIL The Jeopardy “Think” music earned Merv Griffin over 70 million in royalties

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16npd TIL - what it’s like behind the scenes of the UK’s largest timber importer and processor. With over 90acres of land, the site has more than 70,000 m3 of timber on site.
pvAe TIL that in 1976 a skirmish broke out between North and South Korea over the trimming of a poplar tree
ZpAGY TIL that over 23 people have survived stowing away in the wheel well of commercial airplanes, including a man who traveled from Tahiti to LA in a 747 at 38,000 feet and was discovered with a body temperature of 79˚F.
wPg1 TIL 35% of polled American workers said they would be willing to forego a significant pay raise in exchange for having their boss fired.
awlPo TIL President Kennedy was prescribed a rocking chair for back pain. He found one he liked so much he bought 14 copies for the Oval Office, Camp David, Air Force One, and homes of his family. He also gifted them to heads of state.