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TIL both Walt Disney and Ernest Hemingway were ambulance drivers for the Red Cross in WWI.

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M8Xm TIL there are at least 7 people alive today who could claim the title of King of Jerusalem.
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VBOeQ TIL that Boeing bought 17 Airbus A340 aircraft from Singapore Airlines in exchange for brand new Boeing aircraft in 1999
b6PRN TIL Keith Thibodeaux aka Richard Keith, who played Little Ricky on I Love Lucy was paid $461 a week. At age 3 he was making $500 a week playing drums on tour. Today he would be making 5,123.55 a week doing the same gig at the same pay scale.
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