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TIL That Ben-Hur (1959) was written as a gay love story. They filmed it as such without ever telling that to Charlton Heston but told his counterpart, Stephen Boyd

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W7GDA TIL about the Thanksgiving Day Disaster, leading to the deaths of 23 people watching college football in San Francisco in 1900.
KOEG9 Today I learned Americans were the ones to introduce the use of shotguns in warfare during WW1. They were so effective at clearing trenches, that they were called "trench brooms" and the Germans complained about its use and how it caused unnecessary suffering.
Z8gva TIL the Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 will be the only total solar eclipse in the 21st century where totality is visible in Mexico, the United States of America, and Canada.
neAYo TIL that if an advertisement for an American flag says not available in Minnesota, it means the flag was not made in the USA. MN has a law requiring American made American flags.
J1yeV TIL out of 50 largest hotels in the world, 25 of them is in Las Vegas