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TIL William Shatner was so cash strapped after Star Trek was cancelled in 1969 that he ended up living out of his pick up truck.

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Y7BQG TIL: North American Water and Power Alliance. A 1950s plan to get water from Alaska and Canada to the US South West using canals, reservoirs and nuclear power pumping stations. Estimated cost of $100B in 1975 ($500B today's dollars).
9LwM TIL The term “Sweet Death” refers to dying of hypothermia, because you feel an innocent desire to lie down and sleep. A certain feeling of wellness overcomes you. And with a sardonic ‘Mona Lisa’ smile on your face, you die.
OG6BX TIL the last ninja is still alive. His name is Jinichi Kawakami and he was born in 1949.
gMldb TIL American History X director Tony Kaye was so dissatisfied with the final cut of the film he spent $100,000 of his own money to take out 35 full-page ads in the Hollywood trade press denouncing Norton and the producer, using quotations from a variety of people from John Lennon to Abraham Lincoln.
nWBpd TIL of the Tanana River Bridge (Railroad bridge), Alaska's longest bridge was completed in 2014 at a cost of $187M (tax dollars). It connects nothing, there is no railroad on either side.