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TIL that a U.S general named Joe Potter was responsible for the construction of the Panama Canal Zone, the 1964 Worlds Fair and finally Disney World

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XEjQj TIL Will Ferrell played on 10 different MLB teams in one day
NPwb TIL that Laos is the most heavily bombed country, per capita, in the world (and the United States is primarily responsible).
gla9 TIL while shooting “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly,” Eli Wallach mistakenly drank acid left next to his drink, was accidentally hanged by a faulty stunt rope, nearly decapitated by a train passing overhead, and left on a horse with his hands tied behind his back when it panicked and ran away.
VJ04 TIL new research indicates the asteroid that killed the Dinosaurs did so, not primarily due to dust blocking out the sun, but by ejecting ~500 cubic miles of tiny glass spherules at near escape velocity. Upon falling to earth they incinerated nearly all surface life in a matter of minutes.
EV6o TIL That Tesla tried to name their 3rd generation vehicle the Model E, so that their model line spelt S E X.