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TIL that the film adaptation of The Cat in the Hat was so poorly received that Seuss’ widow forbade any further live-action adaptations of her husband’s work

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YeXP TIL In 2011, a man shot a high powered rifle at the White House, hitting it at least 7 times. It took Secret Service 4 days to realize this, and they did so only after a housekeeper noticed broken glass and cement on the floor.
BnJk TIL a Survey of U.S. States Found More Mentally Ill Persons Are in Jails and Prisons Than Hospitals
EgVJd TIL in 1184, 60 noblemen died after a wooden floor collapsed in a church, causing them to fall into a "latrine cesspit" (liquid shit) which hadn't been emptied for a while. Their cause of death was drowning.
rNGKW TIL about Preston Tucker, an idealistic automobile maker who vowed to build the world's greatest and safest car in 1946. Once production began, Ford, GM, and Chrysler had his company shut down and his manufacturing plant seized by the US government. Only fifty cars were made.
0wMZv TIL: In 2004 the joint leader of "The Monster Raving Looney Party" in the UK was a cat named Catmando