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GAAON TIL: William H. H. Murray's 1869 book "Adventures in the Wilderness; or, Camp Life in the Adirondacks" was so popular that in a matter of months it caused a "Murray Rush"---where thousands of hunters, fishers, and campers from NY and Boston went to Adirondacks and spurred modern American camping.
jk1Q TIL that John Cusack once asked his agent to present him with the “craziest, most unproduceable script you can find.” His agent presented “Being John Malkovich”. Impressed with the script, Cusack auditioned and won a role in the film
W7Zbd TIL UTC-11 (which includes American Samoa) is the last inhabited time zone to celebrate the New Year. UTC-12 exists, but no inhabited territories lie within it.
R7PG6 TIL the lowest form of accommodation in Victorian England was access to bend over a rope for the night for the price of a penny. It is said to be the origin of the term "Hungover".
4kKLN TIL that 500,000 weapons are sold each year to the Mexican Cartels by straw-purchasers in "border states"