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TIL: Cattle Rustling is still a big issue in the West

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oBP6L TIL that during filming of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Gene Wilder liked to keep the kids on their toes. None of the kids had seen the chocolate room prior to filming the scene or his rant in the famous boat scene. Most looks of shock were genuine and they thought Gene had lost it.
Z8ywv TIL of Sybil Ludington—a 16-year-old revolutionary who rode twice the distance Paul Revere did in 1777 to warn people of a British invasion. She navigated 40 miles of rainy terrain at night while avoiding British loyalists and ended up completing her mission before dawn the next day.
7RVO TIL: A Simese King once fought his brother on the back of elephants in a duel to the death proclaiming “Let us fight the elephant battle for our own honors. No future kings will do what we are going to do.”
ADJ4n TIL Bizarrely, the US has a Prohibition Party whose mascot is the dromedary and whose chairman is named Phil Collins
MyOm TIL If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be about 28 people in Manhattan.