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TIL that the English discovered the West Coast before the East Coast

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nW5e7 TIL when future US President James Buchanan was a Senator, he bought his whiskey weekly in 10-gallon quantities from well-known whiskey merchant Jacob Baer in Washington, D.C. Buchanan considered Baer's whiskey to be "finer than the best Monongahela."
EgYa7 TIL Germany tried to neutralize a possible U.S. entry into World War 1 by cutting a deal with Mexico that would have returned Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona to Mexican control
X0QYQ TIL George Lucas wanted 2Pac to be Mace Windu in the prequels, but he passed away before he could audition for the role.
4Awb TIL that The Blair Witch Project made 110,500 times as much money in the box office as it cost to make, and filming only lasted eight days
16BaV TIL that in Starship Troopers (1997) the crew used over 300,000 blank rounds. Thought to be a record at the time and due the following years of CGI, the record probably has never been broken.