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TIL that only 9 US Presidents to date were not millionaires

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AN94a TIL that there was a man who survived the towers collapsing on 9/11, then after walking aimlessly through the city had a chance encounter with the entire cast of Everybody loves Raymond who then housed, fed, and clothed him until he could return home safely to Staten Island the next morning .
LYV TIL Bryan Adams was approached for use of his song “Only the Strong Survive” on the Top Gun soundtrack. He did not want to be associated with a film glorifying war, so he declined permission.
XEBkr TIL: Contact Tracing has been used to fight epidemics since 1854
4BWX TIL A WW2 Double Agent mislead Germany about the invasion of Normandy by convincing the UK to create a ghost army equipped with inflatable tanks. He was awarded the Iron Cross by the Nazis, who never realized they were being fooled.
6KkY TIL there was a county in Tennessee that, during the Civil War, decided not to join the Confederacy. Instead, Scott County seceded and formed the Free State of Scott. It didn’t officially rejoin Tennessee until 1986.