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TIL President Gerald Ford started modeling for extra money after he graduated from Yale. In 1942, he was on the cover of Cosmo.

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GAeyG TIL of the Socorro springsnail. This critically endangered snail only remains in a single New Mexico spring, which is on private property; since the owner has denied access since 1995, the current population and status of the species is unknown.
EgQAp TIL that the Nintendo Power Line, a hotline I used to call in the 90s where you could get hints if you're stuck on a Nintendo game, was operational all the way to 2010 when it finally closed down
R7A7j TIL that Disney's Home on the Range was originally scripted as a film called Sweating Bullets. Instead of talking animals, it was about a nervous cowboy who goes to a ghost town to face off against an undead cattle hustler named Slim.
rRmQ4 TIL During the Vietnam War the act of "Fragging" was when US troops would toss a grenade in their commanding officers tent; known and suspected fragging cases by explosives in Vietnam from 1969 to 1972 totaled nearly 900...
rxbo TIL Colonial Williamsburg was restored largely with funding by John D Rockefeller Jr. The project became an obsession of his. He ultimately spent $1 billion (adj.) to create one of the largest historic sites in the USA. Jr. eventually bought a home nearby, spending several months there each year.