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TIL about Norman Cahners, 1936 Harvard class president, U.S. Track & Field Olympic Trials qualifier, inventor of the modern pallet, Navy Officer, and magazine publishing empire founder.

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P1MJO TIL of Old Whitey, a saponified corpse floating about the engine room of the SS Kamloops sunk off Isle Royale, Lake Superior, in 1927. Unidentified to today, he follows divers around as they explore her wreck. Superior it's said never gives up her dead.
1awjD TIL in Tropic Thunder, Kirk Lazarus says “I don’t drop character til I done the DVD commentary.” Robert Downey Jr. remains in character while filming the commentary for the actual DVD.
V5kG TIL that the term ‘sniper’ came from a so called 'sharpshooter’ hunting and shooting the little, sneaky, elusive bird called the 'snipe’, Thus calling themselves 'Snipers’.
Wkb8Y TIL that the Kindle Paperwhite can invert the colours on your screen (black background with white text)
OPxg TIL many shelters won’t allow black cats to be adopted around Halloween, for fear that they may be sacrificed or tortured