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TIL voice actor Casey Kasem known for voicing Shaggy from Scooby Doo quit the Transformers cartoon project because it depicted a Saharan kingdom named "Carbombya"

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GYgEN TIL that the United States invaded Canada in 1812. Former President Thomas Jefferson predicted that the "acquisition of Canada (..) will be a mere matter of marching", however, it went terribly, after a few months the entire Michigan territory had fallen.
P1jL TIL that despite the fear projected by mass media, virtually all of the few known candy poisoning incidents involved parents who poisoned their own children’s candy.
QaAE TIL A new British owl sanctuary was opened in 2009 just to house all the pet owls abandoned by Harry Potter fans
VMkvB TIL Divine Brown used the money stemming from her liasion with Hugh Grant to get her out of prostitution and get her kids into private school.
8a988 TIL that Kyoto was actually at the top of the list of targets for the atomic bomb, not Nagasaki nor Hiroshima. Secretary of War Henry Stimson ordered for the ancient city with its thousands of palaces, temples, and shrines to be removed from the list, but the military kept on putting it back.