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TIL the serious actors in Airplane! were specifically instructed and directed to “play it like they don’t know they’re in a comedy. Like no one told them.”

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l7aR1 TIL that the first time a recipe for creme brulee was published was in the 17th century. The sugar topping was caramelized with a hot shovel.
18E7 TIL that In 1949, the U.S. Military created a synthetic version of Marijuana called “Dimethylheptylpyran.” Just 1 mg can have effects lasting for 3 days.
oBayr TIL Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore, established the world's first rocket laboratories in Bangalore during the 18th century. And, in addition, led an economic renaissance which made Mysore the world's most industrialized region with per-capita income higher than The Netherlands and UK!
RYX1 TIL Paul Newman, founder of the “Newman’s Own” brand of food products, established a policy that all proceeds, after taxes, would be donated to charity. As of 2015, the franchise has donated in excess of $460 million.
N8xM TIL That there are no living descendants of Abraham Lincoln, his Great-Grandson having died in 1985 with no children.