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TIL: Rupaul owns 60,000 acres in Wyoming that he leases to oil companies for fracking

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KOGEQ TIL that the sculptor of Mount Rushmore intended to include, near the presidents, a written history of the United States. Called "The Entablature", it was to have shown contributions by Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln to the first 150 years of American History.
QJLeL TIL that when the mummy of Ramesses II was flown to Paris for examinations in 1974, it was issued an Egyptian passport listing his occupation as "King (deceased)".
J1AA4 TIL because chick-fil-a is not open on sunday but operates at rest stops in upstate new york, there is a bill being discussed to force all future restaurants to be open 7 days a week
9wkn6 TIL there is a Microwave Man
XgQR TIL in Sept of 1986, Late Night with David Letterman aired a rerun of a Feb show. Letterman had the entire rerun dubbed from English to English using the cast of Speed Racer as the voices.