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TIL that the painter James McNeil Whistler was expelled from West Point by Robert E Lee

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e0W46 TIL 17-year-old Peter Woodcock was Canada's youngest serial killer, After murdering 3 children between 1956 - 1957 he was sent to a Psychiatric Facility, years after he was given permission to leave unsupervised where he killed his last victim, He was classed as "The Killer They Couldn't Cure"
loQlA TIL that the Seminole Tribe of Florida generated so much revenue from opening tax-free smoke shops and organizing high-stakes bingo games that in 2007 they bought Hard Rock Cafe International. The tribe still owns it today, with 180 Restaurants, 24 Hotels, and 11 Casinos in 74 different countries.
rRY0o TIL that the former tallest and oldest Cypress tree on Earth, estimated to be 3,500 years old, was burned down after a woman tried to smoke meth under it.
M7G70 TIL the people who wrote The Oregon Trail changed "Indians" to "riders" and changed "tomahawked" to "knifed" in order to be more culturally sensitive.
OnE7 TIL that in the graveyard scene of Zoolander, Ben Stiller only asks “why male models?” a second time because he forgot his next line. Duchovny’s line, “are you kidding? I just told you like a minute ago!” was improvised!