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TIL Vern Troyer is from an Amish family and can drive a horse and carriage

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dDZaE TIL: The Anchorage Parking Fairies, whose campaign lead to the dissolution of the city's parking authority
Wk9ZY Today I learned Shia LaBeouf was so unpopular on the set of Fury for his antics (face cutting, tooth pulling, not washing to get into character) he was installed in a bed and breakfast away from the rest of the cast during filming
5VLdn TIL America has had many large denominations ($+100), including a $100,000 bill
XegQ TIL 2,000 year-old seeds were discovered in Israel around 1965 to be held in storage for the next 40 years. After they were planted, a tree that has been extinct for 1,800 years sprouted.
7rgyb TIL that California administers what is widely considered the nation's most difficult bar examination twice each year. Unsuccessful applicants have even sued the State Bar—unsuccessfully—on the grounds that the exam is unnecessarily difficult.