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TIL When they were just three years old, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were earning $80,000 per episode.

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E1E4w TIL Teddy Roosevelt regularly staged boxing matches in the White House, taking on anyone he could - including professional boxers. He only stopped boxing when his eyesight was permanently damaged by a punch from his military aide, Col. Daniel T. Moore.
dDy6r TIL that the only woman to ever appear on an US Dollar banknote has been Martha Washington. She appeared on the 1886 and 1891 series of one-dollar silver certificates. Her portrait was used again next to her husband, George, on the back of the 1896 one-dollar note
YpY0x TIL Gravity ISN'T a force, as we can't distinguish between being still, moving at constant speed or falling (as all objects fall at the same speed when there aren't other involucrase forces). This is called the Equivalence principle. Here you can see some information about it:
vNXj TIL the heaviest human being ever recorded weighed 1400 lb. At one point, he also lost approximately 924 lb, the largest human weight loss ever documented.
awKVM TIL during WWII Mounds candy bar operated a small fleet of ships that transported coconuts from the Caribbean and reported on Nazi ship movements to the US Military.