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TIL that Steve Martin was selling guidebooks in Disneyland at age 10

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6jmY TIL in 1931, an experiment was conducted in which a human baby and baby chimpanzee were paired to see if the chimp would conform and grow like a human. The experiment was stopped when it was discovered that the baby was instead learning from the chimpanzee.
J1jBk TIL a liquor store in Oklahoma City installed a machine gun tower on the roof of the store after being bombed by the mafia multiple times
e0Ykn TIL in the “The Wizard Of Oz” movie, the Tin Man cried chocolate syrup instead of actual machine oil as the oil didn’t show up well on film
x6KOD TIL about a diver, William Walker, who replaced the foundations of Winchester Catherdral and saved it from collapse
lo5a TIL John Lennon intentionally made the lyrics to “I Am a Walrus” make no sense to confuse the students he heard were trying to analyze Beatles songs. After recording the song he said, “Let the fuckers work that one out.”