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TIL Elvis Presley was considered for the lead role in 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

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19wd TIL baseball player Dave Winfield killed a seagull with a baseball during a game and was subsequently arrested for causing unnecessary suffering to an animal
ZpbwD TIL that the deadliest aviation incident in Indonesia happened because the ATC accidentally said "Merpati 152" instead of the correct call sign, "Indonesia 152". This resulted in the plane turning the wrong direction, straight into a mountain.
E1OO0 TIL During the Prohibition era, the U.S. Government allowed Whiskey to be sold through pharmacies. As a result, Walgreens grew from 20 retail stores to almost 400.
0ygv TIL that Saddam Hussein commissioned the production of a “Blood Qur'an”, written using 27 litres of his own blood, to thank God for saving him from dangers and conspiracies.
kOyKm TIL in 1944, George Orwell's first draft of Animal Farm was almost destroyed in a German V-1 rocket attack. He luckily found the manuscript in the rubble of his house.