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TIL that Wendy’s stopped advertising on Ellen after Ellen Degeneres came out as gay

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E1Z9w TIL a woman on the Oregon Trail went insane and decided to not travel further, her family continued the trail but eventually her husband sent their son back to get her, she then bashed her sons head with a rock and burned down one of the wagons
BgYkd TIL about Robert “Mouseman” Thompson, a furniture maker who carved a mouse into virtually every piece he made
neRx9 TIL that former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt was a heavy smoker. He was well known for lighting up during TV interviews and talk shows. He was also charged with defying smoking bans. In 1981 he got a pacemaker. Despite these he died as the longest living chancellor at the age of 96.
OolA7 TIL of "A Village Fair with a Church Behind": a 1643 painting by Isack van Ostade owned by Queen Elizabeth II. When conservators cleaned the painting, they discovered that a bush in the foreground had been painted over the original around 1903; they removed the bush which revealed a pooping man.
YpZaP TIL that Hershey's Chocolate isn't legally considered chocolate in Britain, because of its low cocoa amounts.