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TIL that Ron Jeremy was a teacher before going into Porn, and holds a masters degree in Special Education.

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R7WJ4 TIL - Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse for 32 years, was married to Russi Taylor, the voice of Minnie Mouse.
M1G0 TIL that Arthur Ganson built a kinetic sculpture of connected gears called “Machine with Concrete.” The 1st gear turns at 200 rpm and the last gear is stuck in concrete. It can still run because each gear set reduces the turning speed, meaning that the last gear only revolves every 2 trillion years.
JYV6v TIL 10 Downing Street is not the residence of the UK Prime Minister, but of the First Lord of the Treasury, an office which is held concurrently with that of Prime Minister.
v1xQx TIL that meth was used as an antidepressant from the 1930s to the 1950s. A man named Gordon Alles patented the drug after he was injected with it and found that he became talkative and gained "a sense of well-being".
mx1QR TIL businessman Armand Hammer got asked so much if he worked at Arm & Hammer, he bought enough stock in the company to get on their board of directors