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TIL Judy Garland received $35 a week for her role in the Wizard of Oz. Toto, the famous dog, received $125.

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j6e6X TIL: The first synthetic dye of the color fuchsia was originally named after a botanist (Fuchs) but renamed Magenta to celebrate a battle victory.
NE98 TIL author Tess Gerritsen wrote a book called Gravity in 1999 about a woman scientist on the ISS who has to escape after satellite debris destroys the station. She sold the rights to New Line in 2000, who attached Alfonso Cuaron to direct. Cuaron has since claimed he came up with the story.
QJgWX TIL Receipts in Taiwan are lottery tickets. It encourages locals to ask for receipts and boost tax income.
x6nNo TIL in 2012, a car repair shop owner placed a Volvo on a tiny, man-made island in an Illinois lake. It has since become known as "Volvo Island," and is the island's sole occupant.
0dxQM TIL that the Portuguese man o' war is not a jellyfish but a colonial organism known as a Siphonophore.