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Today I learned that Rick Riordan hated the Percy Jackson movies so much, he wrote a letter warning teachers not to show them in class

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E1Box TIL that during a flight to America the 'Hindenburg' hovered over a random English town and dropped a bouquet of flowers, then ascended and continued its journey. A note attached to the bouquet read: please deposit these flowers and cross on the grave of my dear brother, POW [in the local cemetery]"
woGo6 TIL that Seth MacFarlane was only 24 when he made Family Guy
KMaR TIL that Pit Bulls were once American heroes, and so revered that they were chosen to represent America on WWI posters.
NRDQ TIL a house right across the street from Westboro Baptist Church was intentionally bought and painted rainbow colors and hosted gay weddings to mock the infamous church
GYA0J TIL After WW1, Japan took over Germany's Shandong holdings in China, despite China having been promised them, after supporting the allies with 100,000 labourers at a time when Britain was so undermanned they felt they'd lose the war.