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TIL the first generation of Mexican drug smugglers were Chinese-Mexican opium farmers from Sinaloa

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yVnWV TIL Robert Duvall turned down the role of Woodrow Call in Lonesome Dove to play Gus McCrae, calling it one of the best roles he’d ever seen. His performance was so memorable that fans sometimes weep when visiting Gus’s mannequin, taken from his coffin scene, now displayed at Texas State University.
AD8mB TIL there are “ghost islands” off the coast of Virginia that have been uninhabitable since 1936 as they act as a natural barrier to the coast during hurricane season. They are home to a feral horse population, a NASA flight facility, and the second tallest lighthouse in the United States.
V8pG TIL that a city in California was almost duped into banning dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO) because–among other reasons–it is colorless, odorless, and can be lethal if inhaled.
REv1 TIL of internet porn pioneer Danni Ashe who, due to her success in the early days of the internet, is the only woman who was on the cover of the Wall Street Journal and Juggs magazine
yQylX TIL that although Blue Whales have the overall largest hearts and Giraffes have the largest of land animals, Dogs have the largest heart in proportion to body size