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TIL that the US dollar is worth HALF as much as it was when the average millennial was born.

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l7ZB5 TIL Meryl Streep's agent did not make it clear to her that she did not get cast as Miss Kenton in Remains of the Day after the director and her agent sold her on it. She learned of it by reading it, that Emma Thompson, who is 10 years younger, was cast instead. Soon after, she fired her agent.
xVQ1b TIL the iconic, tall, long-armed Saguaro Cactus, which has become a symbol of the American West, only grows in one place. It's native to the Sonoran Desert, an area of land along the Arizona, California, and Mexico borders.
xLnD TIL: Mountain Dew was originally created to be a whiskey mixer.
W7GEA TIL about the Murchison Murders (1929-30). An escaped convict (allegedly) killed 3 people and disposed of the remains using a method divulged to him by a novelist who was struggling to develop the plot of his story because the technique would not leave enough clues for the main character to follow.
XEw0k TIL the iconic rear spoilers on Lamborghini Countachs first installed by a customer were entirely cosmetic & non functional, in fact it added drag since the car already had problematic lift at the front. When it was popularized by Cannonball Run, Lambo had little chose but to offer factory options