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TIL being in the US Congress was originally considered a civic duty and only paid $5,000

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OG7KL TIL the last movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture and also be the highest-grossing film of the year was The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003.
1akL7 TIL that a unit of Donkey Power is a thing equalling 250 watts which is about a third of a Horse Power
R70Rj TIL Bolivia became landlocked in 1904 after losing the War of the Pacific. However, the country still observes the Day of the Sea, "where politicians give speeches and people listen to the recorded sound of seagulls."
dDxo8 TIL: Dodi Fayed, who was dating Princess Diana and died in the same crash, was cousins with Jamal Khashoggi the journalist who was murdered
B6Mk TIL Don LaFontaine, who was nicknamed “Thunder Throat” and “The Voice of God”, voiced over 5,000 movie trailers. His final voice over role was for an episode of Phineas and Ferb, in which he said in his final line: “In a world … There, I said it. Happy?”