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TIL when Steve Madden was convicted of fraud and forced to resign as CEO of his company, he created a new position for himself that paid $700k per year while he was in prison.

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neMdG TIL of Roger Carel, a actor and voice actor from France, who dubbed many iconic American characters from America into french for their audiences, including C-3PO, Winnie The Pooh, Mickey Mouse, Yogi Bear, ALF, Kermit The Frog and more.
OGe8X TIL Georgios Papanikolaou, a Greek doctor introduced a low-cost, easily performed screening test for early detection of cancerous and precancerous cells, the "Pap test" saving lives of million women
9w0w6 TIL that Ray Bradbury wrote "The Halloween Tree" (1972) as a result of being disappointed after watching "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" - due to what he believed was the television special's lackluster depiction of Halloween
7rkOb TIL the One World Trade Center in New York is 1776 feet tall to symbolize the founding of the USA.
p8Mlb TIL musician Gram Parsons wanted his body cremated and scattered at Joshua Tree, but his family arranged for him to be buried in Louisiana for financial reasons. His friends, drunk and assisted by an unwitting police officer, stole his body from the airport and burned the casket themselves.