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TIL the Cincinnati Reds changed their name to "Redlegs" in 1953 due to fears the old name was associated with communism.

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0JrA TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger used to give his fellow bodybuilders false advice so he’d easily beat them during competitions
XEApE TIL Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory was financed by Quaker Oats to promote their new Wonka Bar.
Lk01d Til the American Government tried to instill the values of home ownership in the American people with federal programs in 1917 to prevent the rise of communism as they believed people who owned their own homes had a stake in the capitalist system.
grE09 TIL artist Damien Hirst created the most expensive work of art by a living artist. "For the Love of God" is a skull made out of platinum, human teeth & 8,601 diamonds. It cost 15 million pounds & took 18 months to make, completed in 2007.
BrYWr TIL of Laura Secord, a Canadian woman who walked 30 km (about 19 miles) to warm British troops about a planned attacked by US troops on Beaver Dams during the War of 1812. There is now a chocolate company named after her.