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M7E4W TIL Some of the survivors of The Donner Party bought and settled on land from an eccentric surgeon who had originally named it Rancho Carne Humana. Human Flesh Ranch.
5Vyok TIL William Golding was a teacher before writing Lord of the Flies
x60J1 TIL in the African country of Equatorial Guinea, they are building a new city called Ciudad de la Paz to replace the current capital, Malabo, because the new capital is on the mainland of the country making access to the capital easier since the current capital is on an island far from the mainland.
4ky9X TIL in 1970s the USA built and tested hovertrains
nWKBW TIL after Leona Helmsley did not pay her contractors that worked on her Connecticut home, she was investigated for tax evasion, and she received a 16 year sentence. During trial her housekeeper testified that Helmsley said "only the little people pay taxes." She ended up serving 19 months in prison.
9wyOp TIL Ruthie Tompson, the last surviving crew or cast member of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), died in 2021, aged 111 years old.
W74vL Today I learned that Joey, the spin-off of the Friends sitcom, was canceled halfway through its second season, and the final eight episodes were never aired in the U.S. by NBC.
R5Kva TIL about Cargill, the largest company in the USA, that NGO Mighty Earth reported "the worst company in the world" that drives "the most important problems facing our world"
wo0JY TIL that Elton John never performed the Princess Diana version of Candle in the Wind again after her funeral in 1997, despite receiving numerous requests.
69yRQ TIL about Cargill, the largest company in the USA, that NGO Mighty Earth called "Three worst company in the world" that drives "the most important problems facing our world"
OG7Aa TIL that “rock, paper, scissors” is a 2,000-year old game that originated in China. It made its way to Japan, where it was spread worldwide in the early 1900s. Past names included “frog, slug, snake” and “fox, village head, hunter.”
X0nvk TIL that in Czechia, which drinks the most beer per capita in the world, it is traditional to serve beer with a significant amount of foam. The culmination of this is the "mlìko" pour, consisting of entirely of foam. It is described as sweet, creamy, and "like drinking a cloud".