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TIL the U.S. was almost a "socialist" country.

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696gJ TIL that Marlon Brando's final film appearance, recorded only a few weeks before his death, was as the voice of an old lady named Mrs. Sour in an animated film called Big Bug Man. The film was intended to come out in 2006, but was delayed until 2008 and then never released.
X0rmr TIL Thomas Jefferson, USA's Third President, developed the first Swivel Chair - and arguably the first modern office chair
DQoee TIL about Josh Pillault, a person who got 6 years in prison for making threats on the MMO game Runescape
nWam9 TIL in 1962 there was a serious laughing epidemic in Tanzania that spread across towns and caused people to laugh uncontrollably. It lasted for several months.
WGbN TIL that the engraving “DO NOT DUPLICATE” on some keys is merely a suggestion and can be legally duplicated by locksmiths.