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TIL More Commodore 64s have been sold than any other model of computer.

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ne4mr TIL that Christian preacher Joel Osteen has a reported net worth of over $56 million. He lives in Texas with his family in a home valued at $10.5 million. Osteen’s televised sermons are seen by over 7 million viewers weekly and over 20 million monthly in over 100 countries.
wLYdo TIL Congress voted to pay George Washington $25,000 a year during his presidency. After initially declining the salary, he ultimately accepted it to avoid setting a precedent whereby the presidency would be seen as limited only to independently wealthy individuals who could serve without any salary.
pY6QA TIL a fairly recently conducted study found that people with Attention Deficit Disorder(ADHD) are almost three times more likely to get dementia
QOKe TIL that the children’s TV show Thomas the Tank Engine had an episode where an engine was dismantled and turned into a generator behind a train shed, alive and aware of what was happening to him.
WBeN TIL the pages of what became Catcher in the Rye were carried by author J.D. Salinger as he stormed the beach at Normandy on D-Day, through the streets of Paris, and into liberated concentration camps. The story was shaped by his experiences.