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TIL before making Rocky, Sylvester Stallone was so poor that he sold his dog for $40 just to have money for food. After selling the screenplay he bought his dog back for $15000.

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x6Xbk TIL that the English town Pendle Hill derives its name from the old Cumbric word 'pen' (meaning 'hill') and the Old English word 'hyll' (meaning 'hill'). A literal translation of the name could read 'Hill-hill Hill.'
R7EE7 TIL the US Marine Corps has its own herd of bison
QmlX TIL Queen Elizabeth II is a trained mechanic. She learned her skills in WWII (1945) as part of the Auxiliary Territorial Service.
Meg8 TIL the Bush administration paid the Taliban $43mil months before 9/11…
Ypa4Z TIL strongman Jon Pall Sigmarsson once said "there is no reason to be alive if you can't deadlift". He later died of a heart attack while deadlifting.