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TIL Seinfeld has a net worth of roughly $820,000,000. More than Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise combined.

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db59 TIL: Steve Sipek, who played Tarzan in “Tarzan And The Brown Prince”, was once saved by a fire on the movie set by a lion who dragged him to safety. Sipek then adopted the lion out of gratitude, and started an animal sanctuary in Florida.
R7oKj TIL a disco arrangement of "Star Wars Theme and Cantina Band" by Meco is the only instrumental single to reach Platinum status by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), having sold over 2 million units
yDWX TIL a gay Vietnam veteran once said “I got a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one”
9YdQm TIL that In 1980 Keele University, in response to education spending cuts, issued a unilateral Declaration of Independence. The “Free Republic of Keele” declared themselves independent of the UK and issued students with new passports, enforced border control and wrote a new national anthem
aBeN TIL the reason flamingos stand on one leg is to preserve body heat (water can rapidly draw away heat). In hotter weather, they tend to stand on two legs.