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TIL The town of Harrogate, UK has been ranked as the highest per capita hazardous drinkers and pornography watchers in Britain, but also the happiest.

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9wA56 Today I learned of Seneca Village, a settlement founded by free Black Americans that was seized and razed in 1857 to create New York's Central Park. Wealthy families successfully sued to prevent the seizure of their land that was the original site proposed for a park.
GrvN TIL that the fuel for each of Nazi Germany’s V2 rockets was made from 30 tons of potatoes.
M74Ga TIL in 1934 actress Joan Lowell sued producers of a movie based on her autobiography for withholding profits. They counter sued claiming she was just a horrible actress - it was revealed later that her autobiography was a work of fiction.
J7Nv TIL In 1946 Orson Welles declined FDR’s suggestion to run for Democratic Senator for his home state of Wisconsin. The seat was won by Joseph McCarthy. Later Welles said “I didn’t believe the American people would ever vote for a divorced Hollywood actor.”
P1maV TIL Bruce Lee's great-uncle was Robert Ho Tung, the founder of one of the "four big families of Hong Kong" - so called because of their wealth and impact on HK's economy.