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TIL the Rennaissance fair was formed by Hollywood actors who were blacklisted for accusations of communism during the red scare in the 1960s

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699MW TIL about Bob Lemmons, an expert "Mustanger." Freed by the Civil War, he learned to tame horses. Usually herds of wild mustangs were run down by groups, but Lemmons worked alone. Riding with the herd for several weeks, he'd gradually take over, mount the stallion and lead the horses into a corral.
kxjB TIL Roald Dahl was a decorated WWII pilot, a post-war MI6 agent in the US, co-inventor of an implantable valve to relieve pressure in sufferers of hydrocephalus, and married a movie star.
W74Y4 Today I learned that in ancient Egypt there were structures now called Nileometers used to monitor flood potential of the Nile. They did this to predict harvest quality, flood danger, and to keep an eye on water clarity.
JYgrV TIL that BMW released an ad on April 1st 2015 saying that they would give away a brand new BMW in exchange for any old car. Suspecting it to be another April Fools prank, no one showed up except one woman. She came in with her 15 year old station wagon and walked off with a £25000 BMW.
mjQv TIL: After batman and robin rescued it from a slaughterhouse, DC comics included a bat-cow