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TIL the “death tax” only affects estates worth $5.45 million per person. 99.8% of estates owe no tax.

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ybxe TIL that Get Smart’s hilarious Don Adams served honorably as a Marine during WWII and fought on Guadalcanal, the only survivor of his platoon. Later, he served as a Drill Instructor. Ooh Rah Mr. Adams on this Memorial Day!
npZ9 TIL In 1975, two men got a marriage license in Colorado after the clerk couldn’t find a law against it. When they applied for a spouse’s visa, the U.S. government mailed a letter saying, “You have failed to establish that a bona fide marital relationship can exist between two faggots.”
yQaRJ TIL about Rosie Ruiz, a woman who won the Boston Marathon in 1980. It turns out, she cheated and simply hopped in a cab and only pretended to run the race. She hopped out 1/2 of a mile away and jogged to her trophy(which was subsequently taken away 8 days later).
R78y7 TIL that the multi-awarded movie "Dallas Buyer's Club"'s budget was so low they only had $250 set aside for makeup. The film's artists , Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews, were able to work with that, and the film's Makeup and Hair styling won an Oscar.
6vPw TIL : That For each word he said in Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $21,429.