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TIL Jenna Jameson Worked At Disneyland Before Starting Her Porn Career

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w5vM TIL: That the US national anthem melody was composed by a British gentleman’s club and the song was about drinking and sex.
16B57 TIL the 1995 James Bond film "GoldenEye" is the first film to be filmed at Leavesden Studios. The former aerodrome was chosen by the filmmakers as Pinewood (the usual Bond studio), was already being booked for other productions.
awvZo TIL that Lebanon had a space program in the 60s; it was very successful but forced to shutdown due to growing tensions in the region. “Yes, it was a tiny country, but Lebanon could have done it."
JYZ54 TIL Dwight D. Eisenhower wanted to attend his son John's graduation from West Point, but was unable to do so because he was "a bit too busy with work." On graduation day - June 6, 1944 - the elder Eisenhower was overseeing the Allied invasion of Normandy.
rjJ1 TIL Costco doesn’t make money selling products - it makes all profits from membership fees