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TIL Black Beauty wasn’t written for children; it was an appeal to the public to stop abusive practices like the use of the checkreins and overworking horses.

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awLZM TIL A man complained of symptoms and admitted to taking VitD supplement purported to contain 1600 IU. Analysis revealed that each capsule contained a significantly higher amount (186,400 IU). An error in labeling made the patient consume 10 capsules p/d thus consuming 1,864,000 IU daily for 2 months
AG6x TIL that after Key West declared itself an independent nation, the mayor appointed himself prime minister, declared war on the United States, immediately surrendered to a man in a naval uniform, then applied for a billion dollars in foreign aid.
nWGoG TIL about Botulf Botulfsson, the only person executed for heresy in Sweden. He denied that the Eucharist was the body of Christ, telling a priest: "If the bread were truly the body of Christ you would have eaten it all yourself a long time ago." He was burned in 1311.
7lP7 TIL that Hugh Hefner donated the “Y” in the HOLLYWOOD sign and Alice Cooper donated the third “O”
OGeX4 TIL that every time you shuffle a deck of cards, chances are that the exact order of those cards has never existed before.