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TIL: Ben Franklin attempted to abolish slavery in 1790
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TIL that the Simpsons were doing Butterfinger commercials a year before the show started, and that Milhouse originated in the second commercial.
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TIL Roald Dahl hated the 1971 movie adaptation of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory so much that he wrote a novel for adults where he defined a ‘snozzberry’ as a penis to ensure he had the last laugh.
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TIL USA only country in the world that where Olympic athletes are not government funded or sponsored
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TIL: On her deathbed in 2005, Hitler's nurse, Erna Fledgal the last survivor of the Fuhrerbunker revealed she found him charming and polite. However, she said Eva Braun had a "colourless" personality and that the death of Hitler's dog affected the staff more than Braun's.
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TIL that at the Hoover dam construction the first worker death was that of J. G. Tierney and the last death was that of his son Patrick Tierney which came 14 years after the death of his father