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TIL that the Disney film Pocahontas originally had a role written for John Candy. He was supposed to voice a turkey named Redfeather.

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aw4Bb TIL Stewart Adams, who recently died at the age of 95, discovered ibuprofen while trying to cure an hangover.
mG0O TIL In 1903, a large pocket of underground gas was found in Dexter, KS. In the hopes of economic prosperity, a celebration was planned. The burning of the gas was to “light the entire countryside for a day and a night,” but it just wouldn’t ignite… and Helium was discovered.
woyA1 TIL The New Mexico ranch where the 1947 Roswell UFO crash happened opened up to public tours for the first time in 2018. The crash site is not in Roswell but actually by the small town of Corona
14Ad TIL President Roosevelt collapsed while being painted. He never regained consciousness before dying. The unfinished painting captures his last waking moment.
R7Eda TIL of George 'Rube' Waddell, a Major League pitcher who won 193 games, had a career ERA of 2.16, toured in a traveling vaudeville show, saved a woman from drowning, was bitten by a lion, wrestled alligators for fun and would leave the field during a game to chase fire trucks.