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mxbRO TIL the original story of Aladdin was based in China, was not an actual Arabian Night folk tale and was considered controversial for multiple reasons
dKEd TIL Time passes in the Judge Dredd comic in real time, so as a year passes in real life a year goes by in the comic. The first Dredd story, published in 1977, was set in 2099, and stories published in 2013 are set in 2135.
wKE6 TIL That Helga’s mom in the Nickelodeon show “Hey! Arnold” was an alcoholic.
mxWQE TIL of Sir Alexander Cuming, a Scottish nobleman who traveled to the southeast US based off a dream of his wife. He became chief of the Cherokee Nation, defrauded several colonists, and attempted to turn South Carolina into a new Jewish homeland. He later became an alchemist and died in a poorhouse
QN7Je TIL the "Redwood of the East" - a 100ft-tall tree that once covered 25% of Eastern US forests, produced tons of food, and built America's industrial backbone - lost 99.9% of its population to a catastrophic blight.