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TIL Tattooing Was Illegal In NYC From 1961 - 1997

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RLm7 TIL that estimates place John D. Rockefeller’s personal net worth in today’s money at somewhere between $392,000,000,000 and $663,400,000,000.
0dkJy TIL that 30 of the 32 most watched television broadcasts in US history are Super Bowls. #9 is the final episode of M.A.S.H., which is also the highest rated broadcast ever.
O9nX TIL singer Edwyn Collins suffered a cerebral hemorrhage which left him able to say only four things: “yes,” “no,” “Grace Maxwell” and “the possibilities are endless”
X0mJD TIL that despite being commonly ranked as one of the worst Christmas films ever made, the 1985 film “Santa Claus: The Movie” is immensely popular in the UK. One of the film actors, John Lithgow, said in 2019 that he wishes he had a nickel for every Englishman who’s told him it's their favorite film.
8aedP TIL of Tama (たま, April 29, 1999 – June 22, 2015), a female calico cat who gained fame for being a station master and operating officer at Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.