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TIL ruts leftover from the wagon trains traveling the Oregon Trial, are still visible today.

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j6yeX TIL that Klaus and Sunny from "A Series of Unfortunate Events" were named after Claus and Sunny von Bülow, a famous attempted murder case where a wealthy lawyer was found guilty of injecting his wife, Sunny, with a deadly insulin cocktail which left her in a vegetative state for the rest of her life
Qr4E TIL In 1959, The winner of a city council election in Sao Paulo was Cacareco, a rhino at a local zoo. Its candidacy was traced back to students who had printed up 200,000 ballots with her name, and were all legitimately cast by voters, one of whom commented: “Better to elect a rhino than an ass.”
oYKW TIL that the Leica Camera company smuggled hundreds of Jews out of Nazi Germany before the Holocaust, masquerading the Jews as employees being assigned overseas. The company helped each refugee find a job, gave each of them a Leica camera, and a monthly stipend till they found work.
X0G9j TIL Bob Moore, founder of Bob’s Red Mill, refused to sell to corporations, citing the Bible: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Instead, he gave his $100M company to his 700 employees via an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The company now sells in over 70 countries.
R7QkQ TIL that a kilogram of Ambergris (Whale Vomit) is worth more than $70,000. It is a solid, waxy substance used in medicines and Perfumes.