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TIL all except 9 US presidents have been millionaires (2016 rates) and 23 were worth over $10 million

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p81Z TIL Joseph Stalin was a huge fan of American western movies, and would often ring up his underlings at all hours of the night to make them come and watch cowboy movies with him.
BMMK TIL Stephen Hawking has survived for over 50 years after being diagnosed with a disease that only 4% of people survive 10 years with.
ZYmY TIL the band Fugazi recorded almost all of their shows on cassette and are in the process of making them all available online.
P15Gg TIL Tina Turner’s Nutbush City Limits is so popular in Australia that it is referred to as an unofficial national anthem. Children learn the line dance at school, it’s a wedding playlist + wedding dance non-negotiable and thousands dance the line dance at Outback music festivals.
groDb TIL about Project Genetrix which was a United States Air Force program designed to launch General Mills manufactured surveillance balloons over China, Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union to take aerial photographs and collect intelligence.