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TIL that Gwen Stefani is now older than Rue McClanahan was when she started playing Blanche on Golden Girls

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oB4bE TIL that the Boeing 747-200 Air Force One costs $206,000 per flight hour to operate (including fuel, flight consumables, and maintenance), while a commercial 747 costs about $20,000 to $25,000 per flight hour.
l7Z1A TIL Mihailo Tolotos was a Greek Orthodox monk that died without ever seeing a woman. He lived all his 82 years of life in Mount Athos monastery
VBQv8 TIL no one really knows what the H in "Jesus H. Christ" stands for
N7mbJ TIL Pablo Escobar visited the White House circa 1981 with his family despite the FBI searching for him. It's even said that he also went to Disney Land.
NOm1 TIL that poor neighborhoods in 60’s-era Washington DC suffered massive rat infestations until Julius Hobson began catching the “possum-sized” rats in a cage, strapping it to the roof of his car, driving them to the rich neighborhoods, and threatening to release them.