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TIL Richard Nixon repeated “The Jewish cabal is out to get me.” several times in private conversations.

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5YpJp TIL that in Friday the 13th (1980) an actual snake was killed in the scene where one is found in one of the camper's cabins. The snake's handler, who was unaware of the snake's fate, was incredibly upset and had to be held back by crew members after it happened.
gMA9X TIL some historians believe that Albert Camus, French existentialist philosopher and author of The Stranger, was killed by KGB agents for his criticism of Stalin's regime.
p8Z7A TIL TV sitcom stars from Friends were paid $100,000 per episode in season five, $125,000 in season six, $750,000 in seasons seven and eight, and $1 million in seasons nine and ten, making Jennifer Aniston, Courtney’s Cox, and Lisa Kudrow the highest paid TV actresses of all-time.
yKea TIL Wyclef Jean sat through 2 Girls 1 Cup without looking away or showing any apparent reaction, all while eating corn on the cob
7r56b TIL that Michigan ranks number one as the state with the highest percentage of water (41.5% of its total area). Sources of water are so abundant there that no one in the state is ever more than 6 miles from a body of water.