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TIL The actor who played Private Vasquez in Aliens (Jenette Goldstein) also played John Connor's foster mother Janelle in T2 Judgement Day

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bakE TIL the average member of the U.S. Congress makes $174,000 per year and its been that way since 2009
7rLWp TIL that the online MMORPG "Star Wars: The Old Republic" held a massive memorial after the death of Carrie Fisher. Among the efforts, Sith players would hold off NPCs so that weaker players could get through, and one player even made a new character in Leia's likeness so people could pay respects.
8jw4 TIL less than 5% of the world lives in the U.S., but Americans consume about 37% of cocaine in the world.
Oo6Pa TIL about Lonelygirl15, one of the earliest successes on Youtube less than 2 years after launch: what seemed like an authentic teenage girl's vlog was actually a scripted series that kept its fictional status hidden for several months, and stayed a success even when people learned it was scripted
9YWV6 TIL that all Scottish fold cats are descended from a single barn cat named Susie. A local shepherd found Susie and started a breeding program in 1966. Susie's, and her descendants' iconic floppy ears are actually a sign of a painful genetic disease where the cat's cartilage is weak.