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TIL In 1974 Larry Flynt purchased pictures of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis nude for $18,000 and published them in the August 1975 issue of Hustler. That issue made him an overnight millionaire.

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0wQap TIL before the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant struggled financially after leaving the military to start a family, working in fields with his wife's family's slaves which was uncommon, but after acquiring a slave, William Jones, he gave him his freedom unconditionally instead of selling him for profit.
VBWD4 TIL Ash Ketchum only caught 57 unique individual Pokémon over the course of the series, roughly 7% of the Pokémon available to him.
QJYNM TIL about "uncuffing season" which is the time of year relationships formed during the winter end. As days become longer, serotonin in the body increases which could make people feel like they don't need their girlfriends and boyfriends and free to use the warmer weather to meet new people.
xej1 TIL in the original game of Clue, Mr. Green was actually called Reverend Green. The name was changed because they felt Americans would be upset at the idea of a priest being a murderer.
p8y9A TIL Roman salt-making entailed boiling the seawater in large lead-lined pans. Salt was used as currency in ancient Rome, and the roots of the words "soldier" and "salary" can be traced to Latin words related to giving or receiving salt.