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TIL the Ponderosa Steakhouse chain of restaurants was founded in 1963 by Dan Blocker, who played Eric “Hoss” Cartwright on Bonanza.

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wLKX1 TIL that in 1944 Dutch Resistance members dressed as German SD (intelligence agents) went into Leeuwarden prison, and walked out with 39 prisoners, and all vanished into the city. No shots were fired, and the Germans never caught anyone.
OP17 TIL That according to the International Society for Human Rights, a secular observatory, 80 percent of all acts of religious discrimination in the world today are directed at Christians. Statistically speaking, that makes Christians by far the most persecuted religious body on the planet.
4WEo TIL When Julius Caesar died, he left today’s equivalent of about $270 to each and every Roman citizen.
YpwwA TIL that in 1969 a representative of the Soviet government contacted an American diplomat in Washington to ask how the US would feel if the Soviets were to attack and destroy China's nuclear installations. The American at first thought this was meant as a joke.
ADLgo TIL of Huberta, a South-African hippopotamus who set off in 1928 on 1600km journey over three years where she attracted crowds, became revered and was eventually declared royal game.