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TIL that Peter Ostrum, who played Charlie in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, never took another film role and instead found a career as a vet. He did not speak publicly about the film for nearly twenty years, and for several years even his wife did not know about his role.

QJxXp TIL 91 year old Jimmy Carter became cancer free after months of treatment for a deadly cancer that spread to his brain. His doctor said, "He's a physically and mentally active individual who's in the best health possible for someone in his age group..."
BgoML TIL the buyers of the Art Basel Banana did not purchase the work itself but a certificate of art to replace the banana according to the artist’s instructions when it goes bad. It will still be considered a Cattelan.
Ev0P TIL that at night, Disneyland has several feral cats living on the park that they use to catch rats and mice on the park grounds. Disney now treats them like pets, by spaying and neutering them, giving them shots, and having feeding stations set up for them.
M7DKW TIL the portable vintage Sharp VZ-V20R boombox, which weighs 29.8 lbs. without batteries, has the capability to play vinyl records vertically and play both sides of a record without the need to flip it to the other side. It also has an extended FM radio range of 76 Mhz to 108 Mhz and a cassette deck
wAVP TIL that Washington DC contributes more in federal taxes than 19 states, yet citizens only have one nonvoting representative in the House, none in Senate, and had no electoral votes until 1961. Some say it is “Taxation without Representation” and the UN has cited the US on the issue since 2006.