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TIL the audience at Oprah’s “You Get a Car” episode each had to pay $7,000 in taxes or forfeit the gift.

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e0mEL TIL that during filming of the movie Gladiator, Oliver Reed who played Proximo died after getting into a drinking match with sailors in a bar in Malta where Reed is said to have downed 8 pints, 12 double rums, and ½ a bottle of whiskey. In his honor, the bar changed its name to “Ollie's Last Pub”.
OGLVg TIL The Great Famine of Ireland caused such a significant population decline that it still hasn't recovered, 180 years later
9wxOB TIL Jack Daniels operates a volunteer fire department
kJaRm TIL that Hawaii is not covered by Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. This is because Article 6 stipulates that only the territories of member states located in North America, Europe, Turkey, and the Atlantic North are covered, while Hawaii is located in the Pacific.
Brr7k TIL There is a video of GH Bush being rescued by a submarine