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8eKmG TIL of Martha Stewart, who was sentenced to 5 months in prison over a $46K "insider" trade
0dmop TIL that music, including the theme, from "Little House on the Prairie" can be heard in the "Bonanza" episode titled "Stallion"
O7Za TIL during Roman times, salt was worth its weight in gold and soldiers were sometimes paid in salt, hence the word “salary”
nep47 TIL Vancouver Island in BC is 12,000 square miles in size. For comparison the entire state of Connecticut is 5,543 sq miles.
YXxx TIL that early balloons were made from animal intestines.