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TIL that in 1948, a flood destroyed the town of Vanport, Oregon. The local college refused to shut down and became known as “the college that wouldn't die". Today that school is Portland State University.

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9wNQD TIL about John of Nottingham, a magician in the 14th century who plotted to assassinate Edward II and Hugh Despenser by using wax effigies.
j6XwN TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t allowed to dub his own role in Terminator in German, as his accent is considered very rural by German/Austrian standards and it would be too ridiculous to have a death machine from the future come back in time and sound like a hillbilly.
VMZXp TIL nine years ago we had the technology to display on a screen what people see in their minds. (How has this technology progressed since then, one wonders?)
OoJ61 TIL Actor Martin Sheen has been arrested more than any other person in Hollywood (66 times for civil disobedience.)
5oAn TIL the USA prosecuted a farmer for growing Wheat rather than buying on the open market. His conviction was upheld by the Supreme Court.