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TIL that until recently, circus elephants were brought into Manhattan on foot through the Midtown Tunnel.

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DQXpY TIL In 1965 part of the training to be a Medic in Vietnam included the Dog Lab where they had to shoot a Dog (Patient) with a .22 (in the thigh) and then treat the wound successfully
1anJV TIL Burt Reynolds was considered for the role of Michael Corleone but Brando said he would walk if they cast him. “He is the epitome of something that makes me want to throw up. He is the epitome of everything that is disgusting about the thespian, he worships at the temple of his own narcissism.”
5dEr TIL a child named “Genie” was once locked alone in a room from the age of 20 months to 13 years, unexposed to speech
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Brvlx TIL the land in Manhattan Beach, CA was formerly sand dunes. During the 1920s and 1930s, some excess sand was sold & shipped to Waikiki, Hawaii, to convert their reef and rock beach into a sandy beach. The sand was also used to build the Los Angeles Coliseum and portions of the Pacific Coast Highway