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TIL Tim Burton’s new film is a remake of his movie from 1984 that originally got him fired from Disney.

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5YMOP TIL of Frank Portusach, who, when American forces captured Guam from Spain during the Spanish American War, was appointed governor of Guam with the only qualification being he was an American Citizen
ne1bY TIL When recording with Bowie in Berlin, Brian eno would use whatever loose change he had in his pocket to buy a U-Bahn subway ticket to however far that cash would take him, and then spend the day exploring there. Bowie says they took that approach to recording the album
pYn5Z TIL that adding gallium to aluminum makes it as weak as paper!
DM6j TIL Emily, a three-year-old cow, escaped from a slaughterhouse in 1995 and wandered the backyards and woods of Boston’s suburbs for 40 days. She ran with herds of deer and was given help from residents to evade capture. She was eventually purchased by a “Peace Abbey” on Christmas Eve.
l7Pga TIL an 1873 US governor, Edwin McCook, beat up a constituent at a public meeting over a cigar disagreement. He was later shot by said person 4 times but still needed to be restrained from beating him up again.