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TIL Hugh Hefner pays $100 a year to rent the 29 room Playboy Mansion

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WkJD4 TIL that in 1967, the original crew for the Apollo program all died in a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test.
d0Qr TIL that at $265 million, GTA V cost more to make than every Hollywood blockbuster ever made - except one: Pirates of the Caribbean 3, which holds the top record at $300 million. Rockstar has already made the money back on pre-orders alone.
JYJwB TIL in 1946, one year after the end of the WW2, there was a pogrom in Poland. It was perpetrated by soldiers, police officers and civilians.
ovMo TIL there is a U.S. Marine post in Afghanistan called “ManBearPig.”
aoXN TIL Clarence Thomas, one of the Supreme Court Justices, hasn’t asked a single question for 7 years during oral arguments. The only time he broke his silence was when he joked that a law degree from Yale might be proof of incompetence.