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TIL the first actor for the alcoholic Waco Kid in Blazing Saddles lost the role because he was an alcoholic

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9YjY7 TIL of Matelotage, a homosexual or platonic same-sex union among sailors, in particular pirates, in the 17th & 18th century. "Matelots" would share their income, and inherit their property in death. They would protect and fight alongside each other in battle and act in the other's interest.
YVnP TIL In 1937 psychic, Wolf Messing, predicted that Adolf Hitler would die if he ever threatened Russia, which angered Hitler and caused Messing to flee to Russia. He was then forced to prove himself for Stalin by convincing a bank teller to give him cash using only a blank piece of paper.
J18aB TIL that in 2019, Lachlan Murdoch bought the ‘Chartwell Estate’ for approximately 150 million dollars. The Los Angeles based home served as the exterior shots for the mansion used by the Clampetts on the 1960s tv series ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’.
R5Mx8 TIL Jackie Robinson served in the first black tank unit to see action in WW2, but missed deployment due to his court-martial for refusing to move to the back of a bus.
Rv84 TIL after having his arms ripped off by a tractor, a teenager called for help using a pencil in his teeth, and then sat in the bathtub so he wouldn’t get blood on the new carpet