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TIL John Paul Jones, bassist for Led Zeppelin, has been married to the same woman since 1967

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wL6LM TIL "His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular" was the official title of Idi Amin, who ruled Uganda.
R5g1j TIL that in 1987 Nevada created an unpopulated county, Bullfrog County, to try to dissuade the US government from building a nuclear waste site there. Taxes were set as high as possible and all officials were appointed by the Nevada government.
DQm9j TIL that in 1930, 9% of all US households had at least one boarder, compared to less than 1% today. If as many households had a boarder today, it would provide enough housing for 10 million people.
rRwvd TIL that Paul McCartney, as a vegetarian and animal rights activist, only agreed to appear on The Simpsons if Lisa's decision to become a vegetarian in that episode was made permanent. He is literally the only reason Lisa is still a vegetarian.
R7rVj TIL it's been found that spiders, in part, store their memories and cognitive abilities in their webs. Destroying a web partially erases a spider's memory.