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W7118 TIL The town of Brownsville, Oregon, which served as the filming location for Stand By Me, celebrated the 30th anniversary of film's release by introducing the first "Ray Brower Memorial 5K Walk/Run," named in honor of the dead body around which the film's plot revolved.
9rVM TIL Henry Ford hated Jews and believed they started WWI for profit.
rNB7e Til - after sculptor Paul McCarthy set up a Christmas tree in Paris that looked like a butt plug, he was punched in the head by an anger Parisian and the tree was constantly assaulted by vandals cutting the support ropes
mxo1R TIL that cows have best friends. In a study to identify factors affecting milk yields, researchers noticed that cows form attachments to specific individuals in their herd. When these cows are together, indicators of stress in both noticeably reduce.
vPymK TIL about the Straw Hat Riot of 1922 in NYC due to taunting people who had failed to stop wearing straw hats after autumn began