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TIL Trident chewing gum contains pork

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LQyKd TIL that Marlon Brando, who was a tech geek and an ace at ‘90s photoshop, loved to jokingly photoshop photos of his friends in random places. Brando was an early user of CoSa After Effects, the post-production program used for green screen and other effects work, which was eventually sold to Adobe.
wLrg1 TIL that in 1980, the MV Summit Venture collided with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge spanning the entrance to Tampa Bay. The southern span of the bridge collapsed onto the ship, killing 35 people.
LQLkr TIL It has been reported that besides Abe Lincoln, the ghosts of William Henry Harrison, Andrew Jackson, John Tyler, and Thomas Jefferson also haunt the White House. Lincoln’s ghost hasn’t been seen since the 1980’s.
vay4 TIL Watermelons originated in a desert.
168vD TIL Sichuan salt wells are 2,250 old. As demand for salt grew, deeper wells were needed. Sometimes, they hit natural gas pockets resulting in explosions. They learnt to harness it with bamboo tubes and mud. Gas was then used to cook the brine to produce salt crystals faster.