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TIL that Wells Fargo's stagecoach is not an advertising gimmick. It began in 1852 as both a bank and shipping company for the new US state of California. Wells Fargo owned stagecoach lines, carried mail, and operated part of the Pony Express.

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oX7R TIL that the Dubai Government launched a scheme encouraging healthy living by offering a gram of gold for every kilo of weight lost.
E1pDo TIL to make this snowflake, it's so easy.
nWr9G TIL In 1987, weatherman Michael Fish assured viewers that a hurricane wasn't going to hit England. What followed became known as the Great Storm, the worst in England since 1703. 18 people died as winds reached 120mph, leaving thousands without power.
84Ob TIL When a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
M74Xm TIL that in September 2003, two cast members of the Canadian teen drama "15/Love" died in a car accident on the way to set. Their deaths were written into the series where they died in a plane crash on their way home from a tennis tournament.