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TIL: King George III's Statue: George Washington’s Men Beheaded And Melted It Down For Bullets In 1776

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7BjP TIL: James Earl Jones drove cross-country and used Darth as his handle on the CB radio. The truck drivers would really freak out
Jao1 TIL Twinkies (Hostess) was bought by Metropoulos and the original Twinkie will be back on the shelves by the middle of July.
VjXZ TIL: To get Gene Hackman to shave off his mustache for the role of Lex Luthor in ‘Superman’, director Richard Donner promised to shave off his own mustache. After Gene had his removed, Donner revealed his was a fake one from the makeup department.
nWpQ9 TIL about Saparmurat Niyazov, ex-dictator of Turkmenistan. He exiled dogs from the capital, banned wearing makeup on TV or founded holiday for melons. Lipsyncing? Also banned.
yQ4wv TIL that a handwriting expert believes the ransom note for six year old JonBenet Ramsey was written by the child's mother. JonBenet was allegedly kidnapped on December 26th 1996, but her dead body was found in the Ramsey family's basement. There were no signs of forced entry.