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TIL the Cadillac Automobile Company was founded by Henry Ford

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9YrBM TIL of plans for a Gregg Allman biopic but was cancelled after one day of filming. While on a railroad trestle bridge illegally, a train struck several crew members, killing one. The director plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to two years in prison and eight years probation.
D1MJj TIL there is a memorial to the ten men and women killed by the Beltway Snipers in the Washington DC area in 2002. I grew up in Aspen Hill and currently live just a few miles from where several of the victims were killed on October 3rd of that year. I found the memorial totally by accident today
XEag8 TIL of Manwel Dimech, a Maltese philosopher and social reformer, who fought for oppressed people against the Catholic Church and British, only to end up dying in exile. Fascinating life story though.
R5wO8 TIL That even though Dalton Trumbo is known to be the creator of 'Roman Holiday' the son of the man who fronted the script (Trumbo was blacklisted) refused to turn over the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay to Trumbo's widow in 1993.
KKaB TIL that California’s drought might actually be a return to normal climate, with the past 100 years being abnormally wet.