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TIL Sarah Rector Became The ‘Richest Black Girl In America’ In The Early 20th Century By the time she turned 18, Sarah Rector's net worth was estimated at over $1 million — about $28 million today. And it all came from undesirable land that the federal government gave her.

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OGZQ4 TIL that Mulan's nemesis, the depraved Mongol leader Shan Yu, has the highest kill count of any Disney villain. His scorched earth war tactics appear bloodier than Scar's brutal, hyena-backed leadership of the savanna and subsequent ecological collapse.
vPOVx TIL that the actor Paul Dooley was also a writer for The Electric Company and created the characters Fargo North-Decoder, and Easy Reader.
R7PY4 TIL that while the US allows the rBST hormone in dairy cattle, Canada has banned it because of its negative effects on health and wellness of cows; Canada also has higher quality milk due to its lower Somatic Cell Count.
EgnAd TIL a UK punk band called the FF'ers were bottled at the Reading Festival in 2008 after rumours circulated their set was a secret Foo Fighters gig. Their bassist said items thrown included "bottles, shoes, clumps of earth, phones, a full packet of cigarettes (exactly what we needed after the gig)"
loRGN TIL that wild parrots lived in the eastern United States until 1918. The Carolina parakeet was a colorful, but poisonous bird that was native to areas as far east as the Atlantic coast, and as far north as Wisconsin.