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TIL that during the 1976 campaign, Indiana Democrats commissioned a 13-foot statue of a grinning peanut in support of Jimmy Carter

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xPKo TIL that Creedence Clearwater Revival are a band of San Francisco natives, and were certainly not “born on a bayou.”
KYNrE TIL it’s routine practice in the US and many other countries for turkeys to have their beaks trimmed without anesthesia, which can cause something similar to “phantom limb pain” that humans experience after amputations.
rRkMx TIL that scattering of human ashes at Disneyland and Disney World happens so frequently park employees have a special code to report it for cleanup.
mvbO TIL that Speedy Gonzales was fully removed from Cartoon Network due to racial stereotypes until fans–including large Hispanic organizations–demanded he return
49Do TIL Muhammad Ali once invited Billy Crystal to go on a run with him at a local country club. Crystal replied that he’d love to, but Jews were restricted. Ali never went to the country club again.