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TIL Erich Maria Remarque, author of All Quiet on the Western Front, changed the spelling of his last name from Remark to recognize his French ancestors and also because he wanted to distance himself from his earlier book, The Dream Room.

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ney97 TIl that in 1926 Anglo-Irish woman Violet Gibson attempted to assassinate Benito Mussolini. However, the first shot only hit his nose and the gun misfired when the attempted a second. She was released without charge, deported to the Britain and spent the rest of her life in a mental asylum.
OoXl7 TIL The 2003 Gubernatorial election for California (which Arnold Schwarzenegger won) had 135 candidates. California has 80 districts so it was impossible for every candidate to be placed at the top of the ballet in at least one district. Also Gary Coleman and porn star Mary Carey were candidates.
vE98 TIL bestiality was not illegal in Washington until 2005, when a man named Kenneth Pinyan died from internal injuries from having receptive anal sex with a horse on film. At a horse brothel. TIL there’s a thing called a horse brothel.
LL6Z TIL President Lyndon B. Johnson owned an amphibious car and would scare his guests by driving into a lake, screaming about brake failure.
oBDQY TIL Back in 1985 Nintendo sued Magnavox, the company who made the first video game console, and tried to invalidate their patents