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TIL It has been 42 years and 30 days since Jimmy Carter left office. It’s is the longest post-presidency of any U.S. President. He was 52 when elected and served one term.

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0dPOM TIL the first actor to ever earn a $1 million salary for a single film is Elizabeth Taylor for Cleopatra (1963). She also secured 10% of the gross profits & add-ons if the filming ran over, which it did. In total, she earned around $7 million for the movie ($69 million in 2023 money).
1arx4 TIL that a solid gold toilet was once on display at a museum in New York. Over 100,000 people lined up to use it.
lrJB TIL Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, was quoted saying “Once you’ve been labeled a genius, you have to continue it or your name becomes mud. I am a victim of the recording industry. I didn’t think I was a genius. I thought I had talent. But I didn’t think I was a genius.”
DMep TIL that Turkey violated Greek airspace no less than 2244 times in 2014
P1YeV TIL George Preddy, #1 ranked P-51 Mustang ace of WW2 with 26.83 enemy air-to-air kills, was was shot down and killed by friendly fire on Christmas Day 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge