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TIL Charlie From 'The Chocolate Factory' Was Originally Black

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neO5W TIL Roger Williams founded Rhode Island as a safe havens for values the United States was eventually founded upon.
V5Ep TIL that Daddy Longlegs have been around for at least 400 million years, barely changing, and predate the dinosaurs.
4kgWa TIL that Baby Doge and Best Friends Animal Society broke the Guinness World Records title for largest donation of pet food in 24 hours by donating 36,750.88 kg of pet food. (BabyDoge is a cryptocurrency and 5% of every transaction goes to donations for dogs)
JYGpV TIL of "Sluggish Schizophrenia," used in the Soviet Union to describe a form of schizophrenia characterized by a slowly progressive course. It was often diagnosed in those who exhibited no symptoms of disorders; this would deprive people of their credibility and was used against political dissidents
4XMQa TIL of a 100yr old+ Winchester Model 1873 was found abandoned against a tree with the bottom of its stock buried in 4-5 inches of accumulated soil and vegetation, in Great Basin National Park, Nevada, saving it from an eventual wildfire which destroyed said tree. Its called the Forgotten Winchester