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TIL Justin Berfield, best known for playing Reese in “Malcolm In The Middle”, has won every acting award he has ever been nominated for (9).

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al4A TIL anti-venom for poisonous bites in US hospitals can cost tens of thousands of dollars while the same drug in Mexico costs hundreds of dollars.
epVen TIL the FDIC is a US government corporation created in 1933 that guarantees all customer deposits at US banks are protected in the event of a bank run or failure
b69p7 TIL President Rutherford B. Hayes remembered in the US mostly for being the first president to lose the popular vote and win the electoral vote, is remembered very fondly in Paraguay for his help in settling a territorial dispute that ensured "its survival as a country"
VBA88 TIL that after the 1984 McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, Burger King suspended all of their advertising in solidarity with McDonald's.
KOXxB TIL sax player (and Keith Richards' best friend) was fired from the Rolling Stones 1973 tour after being found in a bath tub filled with Dom Perignon champagne. Because the cost of the champagne was deducted from his pay and he made no money for the tour.