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TIL that Winston Churchill was in serious financial debt, owing up to $3.75 MILLION dollars (in today's money)

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PLZG TIL that the prostitute district in the ancient city of Pompeii included elaborate frescoes illustrating numerous sex positions which clients could choose from, including anal, 2000 years ago.
7jwZ TIL A Millionaire in Finland gets a $58,000 Speeding Ticket for doing 64 in a 50 MPH zone.
bxaZ TIL of Pete Maravich. During an interview in 1974, he said, “I don’t want to play 10 years [in the NBA] and then die of a heart attack when I’m 40.” He died of a heart attack in 1988, at age 40, after a 10 year career in the NBA.
JYbwl TIL: Since its unveiling, the President of the United States has almost always sent a funeral wreath to be laid at the Confederate Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery every Memorial Day.
XPPj TIL a church group once presented Thomas Jefferson with a 4-foot-wide, 1,230-lb wheel of cheese to thank him for championing religious liberty. He had a policy against accepting gifts and paid $200 for it.