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TIL that in 1860, futurologists predicted that NYC would not exist in 100 years because the present growth rate indicated 6 million people, and they would need 6 million horses, and they could not handle that amount of manure.

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YODP TIL Gerald Ford is the only person to serve as both president and VP of the United States who was never elected to either office
WgMA TIL that Muhammad Ali was invited to North Korea in 1995 with a collection of other athletes. Though he didn’t speak much during the visit, at one function, as officials claimed they could take out the US or Japan whenever they wanted to, Ali declared loudly “no wonder we hate these motherfuckers.”
olYR TIL that during the WWI First Battle of the Marne, French reinforcements were transported to the front from Paris using a fleet of taxis, running up a fare of 70,012 francs.
ZpdRa TIL mūmiyā, a type of resin/bitumen used to treat diseases in traditional Islamic medicine, was transliterated as “mumia” in Western Europe during medieval times, which misled Europeans to think it was related to mummies and made them start consuming/trafficking human mummies from Egypt into Europe
GdlQ TIL that the Disney character who has appeared in the most films is…Donald Duck. He is also the fifth most published comic book character, behind Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, and Wolverine.