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TIL in 1918 photographer Arthur Mole and John Thomas arranged 21,000 soldiers at Camp Sherman in Ohio into a "living portrait" of President Woodrow Wilson. Mole & Thomas created many other living portraits of other famous figures in the years which followed at different military bases around the US.

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6ReJ TiL: That it is considered unlucky to be the third person to light a cigarette. During World War One, soldiers thought that the enemy would see the first light, take aim on the second, and fire on the third, killing the soldier.
ANged TIL about toilet gods. "A toilet god is a deity associated with latrines and toilets... Such deities have been associated with health, well-being and fertility."
PYApO TIL 'The Wizard of Oz' saved the lives of the "munchkins." In 1938, the Nazis plan was "exterminating undesirables," including those born with a physical impairment. Landing their roles allowed them to escape Nazi Germany and come to US. They couldn't speak english; their voices are someone else's.
x6mb1 TIL Macho Man Randy Savage first began wrestling professionally while still playing pro baseball, moonlighting as a masked wrestler named "The Spider".
KYr8R TIL that in 2005, Roy E. Disney ousted then-CEO Micheal Eisner alleging mismanagement, neglect of the studio's animation division, failures with ABC, and a corporate mentality in the executive structure that turned the Walt Disney Company into a “rapacious and soulless” conglomerate.