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TIL the bomb used in the Oklahoma City bombing took an estimated inflation-adjusted $10 000 to produce

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v0BK TIL in the alternate ending of The Lion King, Scar defeats Simba by throwing him off Pride Rock to his apparent death. A fire then consumes Scar who stands there, laughing manically, while he burns to death. It was deemed “too dark” for a Disney film.
8aOWb TIL of Singapore, Michigan, a ghost town buried beneath the shores of Lake Michigan after complete deforestation removed its protection from the surrounding sand dunes
N7wPb TIL Dr. Seuss adopted his pen name after being caught drinking gin in his room during Prohibition. The dean insisted he resign from the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern magazine where he was editor-in-chief, but he continued writing using the Seuss pseudonym.
ZpVXG TIL there is a Clutter Index which is used in diagnosing hoarding disorders
9YgZ6 TIL Charles "the Bald", king of West Francia and Italy, was actually very hairy. Many historians think it was an ironic nickname.