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TIL, aged 12, Margaret Thatcher saved pocket money to help pay for a Jewish girl escaping Nazi Germany, whom her family provided sanctuary during WWII

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BjXW TIL Henry “Hank” Aaron wore #4, hit 44 home runs in 4 different seasons, and when he broke Babe Ruth’s all-time HR record, it was the 4th inning of the 4th game of the 1974 season. Al Downing, the LA Dodgers pitcher who threw the ball that broke the record, wore #44.
Z81Wp TIL not all people have an internal monologue and people with them have stronger mental visual to accompany their thoughts.
ZnRa TIL that Michael Caine started acting because the drama classes were full of pretty girls and he wanted to get laid
b6Ra TIL St Sebastian, a Christian saint, is often depicted in art during his death, with arrows impaling his body. Michael Richards, an artist, has a piece where he cast a mold of himself and, instead of arrows, had planes flying into his body. Richards died on the 92nd floor of Tower One on 9/11
wLOd1 TIL Even though FRIENDS went off-air 14 years ago, today Warner Bros. makes about $1 billion each year from the show through syndication revenue. The six main actors who get 2% of the revenue take home $20 million each every year without doing anything.