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m1YNM TIL that in "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" based on inflation in 1862, the $200,000 prize that all the major characters were looking for is equivalent to nearly 5 million dollars today.
8aLxL TIL 1996 U.S. Cables have detailed how the Saudi Royal Family members received stipends up to $200,000-$270,000 a month, and when a US embassy economics officer visited the office responsible for the distribution, he described it as a place “bustling with servants picking up cash for their masters.”
grmNX TIL: In the 18th century, wealthy landowners in England employed ornamental hermits to live in seclusion on their estates as a novelty and form of entertainment for visitors
X0E6E TIL that while Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett were born less than one month apart, Garnett was two years behind Duncan in High School
VLoZ TIL that Superman was once bitten by Dracula. But because the Man of Steel is fueled by the sun, Dracula immediately exploded.