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TIL that Gene Wilder agreed to be Willy Wonka on one condition. He said they would have to include Wonka’s entrance scene where he uses a cane, then falls, does a somersault, and jumps back up. When asked why, he said: “Because from that time on, no one will know if I’m lying or telling the truth.”
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TIL that in 1889 the US Congress created a committee with two members known as the “Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers.” Its job was to discard papers both members agreed weren’t important and report why they weren’t important. This later was replaced by the National Archives.
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TIL that one of the winners of the VH1 Big Backyard BBQ contest in the 90’s, Raymond Holcomb, who had muscular dystrophy, was hit with a tax bill of $2,496, because the $11,700 concert was seen by the IRS as “taxable income.” John Mellencamp’s management company agreed to work something out to help.
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TIL in 1944, countries agreed with the US to settle their international accounts in dollars to have gold converted at a fixed rate of $35 per ounce. In 1971, President Nixon announced the US would no longer do it, thus completely abandoning the gold standard. This was known as the ‘Nixon Shock’.
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TIL in 1323, the Mexica, founders of the Aztec Empire, asked the King of Culhuacan for his daughter, to which the King of Culhuacan agreed. The Mexica then sacrificed her and flayed her skin, and invited the King of Culhuacan to a feast, during which a Mexica priest came out wearing her flayed skin
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