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TIL in 1787 Congress got paid $6 a day that they were in session. Thats about $150 a day with inflation.

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9RR7 TIL As the artists showed up to participate in recording “We Are the World”, Stevie Wonder informed each of them that if the song was not finished in one take, he and Ray Charles would be driving everyone home
DxJY TIL The Actor Who Played Crabbe In The Harry Potter Movies Is Currently In Jail For His Part In The London Riots In 2012
ybyM TIL Stephen Fry was on a tour by the church of latter day saints when the tour guide said ‘in the afterlife all families will be reunited’. He replied 'And what happens if you’ve been good’. He was expelled from the tour.
9YlM TIL Osama Bin Laden played Volleyball, And was apparently really good at it too
vPvvK TIL that Friedrich Fröbel in 1840 first coined the term "kindergarten" because he believed that children should be nurtured and nourished "like plants in a garden".