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TIL that John Wayne's voice was heavily processed and edited from archive audio to be used for Garindan in 'Star Wars.'

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xVaYD TIL actor Michael Keaton got his start in show business as a production assistant on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. He helped with the puppets and ran the trolley.
e0OJ5 TIL about chain boats. The boats traveled along a chain submerged in a river and pulled barges to transport goods.
emr4 TIL Tobacco is fertilized with radioactive apatite, the radiation received from smoking a pack a day per year compares to receiving 2,000 modern chest x-rays a year.
VBALQ TIL that — through the lens of modern data analytics — a simple voice recording can yield thousands of speech parameters that may reveal a user’s biometric identity, body shape, personality traits, mental & physical health, emotions, drug habits, geographical origin, and socioeconomic status.
MeVlB TIL President Ulysses S Grant was given a speeding ticket for driving his buggy “at a furious pace” through the streets of D.C.