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TIL The Movie Zootopia Is Actually Called Zootropolis In The UK As Zootopia Is The Name Of An Actual Zoo

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ZpGPQ TIL Casey Kasem was the original voice of Shaggy Rogers on Scooby-Doo
rDJ4 TIL of the ‘Banana Massacre’ of 1928 where up to 3000 striking workers were murdered for United Fruit Company (Chiquita).
OEwL TIL 17 Mexican-Americans were tried for a murder and convicted without evidence or due process. L. A. sheriff testified, “Mexicans as a community had a "blood thirst” and a “biological predisposition” to crime and killing, citing the culture of human sacrifice practiced by their Aztec ancestors.“
4XYpR TIL That the oldest manufacturer of Corn Cob Pipes is in a small town in Missouri!
e0kYn TIL about Tapputi, a Babylonian perfume-maker widely considered to be the world's first chemist. A cuneiform tablet from 1200 BCE describes one of her perfumes, made from flowers, oils, balsam, myrrh, and various solvents.