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TIL Several freight cars of the Disneyland Railroad originally had no seats because Walt Disney wanted guests to feel like cattle being transported on a real cattle train

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Myg7 TIL Benjamin Franklin tried to abolish slavery in 1790 by petitioning congress and writing many essays on abolitionism.
64dQ TIL Thomas Jefferson became interested in Indian burial mounds near his Virginia home and decided to excavate them and record his findings. His use of trenching and stratigraphy make it the first Archaeological dig in North America
rONw TIL A Japanese artist named Hananuma Masakichi created a wooden sculpture of himself so life-like, people couldn’t distinguish between the statue and the artist. He even included his own hair, nails, and teeth!
NpE1 TIL that American channels re-dub British shows like frozen planet, to make it more understandable for american veiwers.
p8jbA TIL that Sam Raimi, the Coen Brothers, Kathy Bates, Frances McDormand, and Holly Hunter all shared a house in 1980s Los Angeles