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eyZb TIL the United States is second behind China in the consumption of illegal animal products like ivory, rhinoceros horn and tiger blood
J19JV TIL that the first electric-powered wheelchair was invented in 1953 by George Klein to assist disabled
LYEQ TIL filming for Rage Against The Machine’s “Sleep Now In The Fire” music video forced the New York Stock Exchange to shut its gates after band members attempted to rush the floor. “For a few minutes, Rage Against the Machine was able to shut down American capitalism,” said the music video director.
Z8nZv TIL an early script of Disney's Aladdin included a plotline with his mother and a song entitled 'Proud of Your Boy,' about how Aladdin was going to turn his life around and make his mother proud. It was cut from the movie as the story developed, but the song returned for the Broadway musical.
gA44 TIL the original pledge of allegiance was completely secular. It was only in 1954, 12 years after its formal adoption, that a group of right-wing religious elements pushed for the phrase “under God” to be added, claiming it was “definitive factor in the American way of life.”