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TIL Ringo Star and Carlin did voice overs for years on Thomas the Tank Engine

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pYYXb TIL the name of Childish Gambino’s second album "Because The Internet" was suggested by Beck
06Dy TIL a man faked mental illness to escape jail, was sent to an asylum and has been trying since to convince doctors he’s sane. He’s been diagnosed a psychopath ‘cause in part, “Faking mental illness to get out of a prison sentence is exactly the kind of manipulative act you’d expect of a psychopath.”
VB1aB TIL an 1861 Japanese book about the "history" of the United States included such colorful scenes as George Washington punching a tiger and John Adams killing a giant snake
0w4bA TIL the only thing that stopped the Spanish from colonizing the plains of what would become the United Stated was the Comanche Indians who’s particular brand of ferocity and violence defeated the Spanish army time and time again. Thus, forcing a peace treaty.
Pk5L TIL that the producers of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (filmed in 1971 in Munich, Germany) had trouble finding dwarfs–any adult dwarfs at all– for the roles of the Oompa-Loompas. This was because the Nazis had killed so many of them 25 years earlier.