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TIL Mount Rushmore construction was completed on Halloween (October 31, 1941)

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VBOak TIL Mal Meninga’s political career lasted exactly 28 seconds. He resigned his candidacy in the same interview he announced it after not having a good answer to why he was running.
VMQ84 TIL that fake Christmas trees were invented by a company that made toilet brushes and were made on the same machinery.
v1XaK TIL in 1971 Sean Connery vowed he would never play the role of James Bond again. 12 years later he went on to star in one more James Bond movie where the producers then changed the title to be “Never Say Never Again”.
yVnLp TIL Home Alone remains a highly popular Christmas movie in Poland. In 2010, Polsat (Polish TV Station) did not play Home Alone, which caused over 90,000 people to protest on Facebook.
6PZw TIL a California Gang member was arrested for driving with an expired license when Police noticed his chest tattoo depicted a liquor store robery and murder that had gone unsolved. After questioning he confessed and was convicted of the crime