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TIL that Reindeer and Caribou are the same animal

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grMb4 TIL that Quaker Oats produced Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
pbPp TIL that upon hearing his former Vice President John C. Calhoun’s talks of secession in the 1830’s, President Andrew Jackson said to him “…"if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body.”
OVda TIL Donald Rumsfeld reported 2 Trillion dollars were missing from the federal defense budget on 9/10/2001. ($8000 for every american citizen) The next day the pentagon accounting office was incinerated, and many people researching the missing money were killed.
E158w TIL Nicolas Cage was considered for the role of Randy "The Ram" Robinson in The Wrestler. When taken to a live event, he thought wrestling was real like UFC! In the end, the crew had a meeting where it was determined that Cage looked too healthy for the part, so the role went to Mickey Rourke.
epj4L TIL Harriet Tubman was the first woman in American history to lead a major military operation. She also served as a Union spy and scout in the Confederacy during the Civil War.