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TIL in the 18th century rich people would keep ornamental hermits on their estate as a status symbol. They would be fed and cared for by the estate owner, almost like a pet.

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0wvWj TIL: Britain has invaded 173 of the 195 countries in the world.
JM1V TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger did not accept his California governor’s salary of $175,000 per year because of his already substantial wealth from his acting career.
6L7w TIL that John Pike (aka the UC Davis “pepper spray cop”) won a $38,000 workman’s comp settlement for “depression and anxiety” stemming from the aftermath of the incident. $30,000 was awarded on average to each of the students that were sprayed
B7mr TIL that after betraying their mission and informing the FBI about Nazi agents on U.S. soil, the two men who saved America from Nazi infiltration were greeted with life imprisonment, threat of execution, and deportation.
wL7m1 TIL The Soviet Union created one of the few GEV's (Ground Effect Vehicle), called the Ekranoplan, that was actually meant to be used for military reasons until it sank to the bottom of the Caspian Sea.