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TIL that George Washington was a redhead.

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BrVxd TIL Stephen King's 1974 novel, Carrie, was rejected by 30 publishers before Doubleday bought it and paid him a $2,500 advance. The hardcover sold only 13,000 copies, but Signet bought the paperback rights for $400,000, finally allowing King to quit teaching and become a full-time writer.
J1DZk TIL in 1991 a British man who'd been swimming in the sea with a male wild dolphin was charged with indecency and sent to Crown Court for his treatment of the dolphin. The jury unanimously declared him innocent, leading his local MP to declare: ''This is the most ridiculous case I have heard of."
Ml0W TIL The Catholic Church considers the Theory of Evolution to be “virtually certain”, and believes that intelligent design “isn’t science even though it pretends to be.”
mxpDR TIL that David Koresh, leader of the Branch Davidian ranch cult in Waco was a songwriter and musician that attempted to make it big in Hollywood. (Fact #5 on list in link)
wokw1 TIL Jello is made used farm animals.