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TIL that Judge Judy makes more money than David Letterman.

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ER9X TIL a single asteroid can contain US$20 trillion worth of metals.
5Ykr TIL that the ban on condoms in America due to anti-contraception laws (which lasted until 1972) led to high rates of STDs among US troops during WWI.
oor7 TIL a trial run of the “skyhook” (method of retrieving a stranded person using a plane without landing) used a live pig, which spun in the air uncontrollably during test. After regaining its bearings on the plane, it attacked the crew.
Wkny4 TIL that the CIA paid Vietnam War spies by ordering them items from the Sears catalog because the spies operated in areas that had a barter economy and didn't rely on cash
kJwo5 TIL that the first recorded instance of gridiron football occurred at University of Toronto's University College in November 1861.