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TIL Golden Girls' Estelle Getty was 1 yr younger than her TV daughter Bea Arthur

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0Bdj TIL that there is an extinct species of shark that had teeth resembling a buzz saw
v1DXD TIL there’s an extremely rare 4-under par score in golf called a “Condor” that is so rare there have only been 4 confirmed instances of them in history
VwD4 TIL, when FDR was president he once decided to test whether people he greeted actually listened to him. As he received each person he said “I murdered my grandmother this morning.” Most people responded with"How kind of you" until one person said “I’m sure she had it coming to her”
JYa7Q TIL the US dollar gets its name and symbol from the Spanish Dollar. Spain funded US during war of independence and both name and one of the herculean pillars were adopted as symbols for the new currency.
kOgj5 TIL Boston police sent letters to 3,800 people wanted on charges ranging from shoplifting to drug dealing and invited them to be extras for a movie. 54 showed up, were met by officers posing as employees of a fictitious production company & escorted onto buses which took them to police headquarters