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TIL the top floor of the Supreme Court building houses a gym, including a basketball court dubbed “the highest court in the land.”

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9Y0LD TIL that before he died, FDR proposed a "Second Bill of Rights," which included the right to food, housing, clothing, education, medical care, and recreation. He considered this vital to American freedom and security.
xVndk TIL Dusty Hill from ZZ Top wanted to feel "normal" after their "Worldwide Texas Tour". So he cut his hair, got a job at an airport, went by the name of "Joe" and would go out on Friday nights with coworkers so he could feel "grounded".
b6r84 TIL that Snoop Dogg is paid $500k a day plus expenses as a special correspondent for NBC until the end of the Olympics. Snoop Dogg will allegedly cash in a whopping total of $8m for the entire 16-day span of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Pr5n TIL: The UN Security Council in New York displays a copy of one of the first recorded peace treaties, the Egyptian-Hittite Treaty
0app TIL if you have one Irish grandparent, you are eligible for Irish citizenship (w/ fee). You don’t need to have even been to Ireland or know the first thing about the country to apply. For non-Europeans, this means you get a passport that allows you to work and live anywhere in the EU.