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TIL there is a confederate Mount Rushmore in Georgia

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9V1m TIL Warner Bros. spent $10 million on a “Mr. Limpet” remake starring Jim Carrey only to abandon the project when the animation tests were deemed “horrifying”
VB6xD TIL: Oreo was created in 1912 as an imitation of Hydrox. Oreo eventually surpassed Hydrox in popularity, which resulted in the Hydrox cookies being perceived by many as an imitation of Oreo, despite the opposite being the case
GAXVG TIL about “Lucy”. A white dwarf star, that is one of the largest diamonds in our local region of the universe.
4Xmbo TIL George Eastman founder of the Kodak and helped to bring the use of roll film into the mainstream, suffered from a degenerative disease in his final two years. Eastman died by suicide with a gunshot through the heart. His suicide note read, "To my friends, my work is done – Why wait? GE."
Je1k TIL that according to Carrie Fisher, the golden bikini in Princess Leia’s slave costume was hard plastic that didn’t move with her body, so the other actors got an eyeful. She quipped “if you stood behind me you could see straight to Florida. You’ll have to ask Boba Fett about that.”