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TIL S is an actual grade in japan above A and isn't just a video game grade

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AW64 TIL Ronald Reagan was active as an FBI informer in Hollywood, reporting on other actors who he suspected of subversive activities
9XaD TIL a woman won a lottery, divorced her husband to keep it to herself and then lost it all to him after a lawsuit when the (ex)-husband found out
X0pMR TIL in Superman, it was such a struggle to cast the superhero, the producer's wife's dentist was given a screen test.
nWkw9 TIL a long-lost model of an X-Wing starfighter that was used in the climactic battle scene of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope sold for $3.1 million last year to become the most expensive Star Wars screen-used prop sold at auction. It's 1 of 4 known "hero" models that were made for closeup shots.
a8EBA TIL that Paul Revere’s son turned his father’s silversmith business into a copper manufacturing company and it has been in business since 1801