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TIL: Landfills have very little impact on the environment

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woAr6 TIL when Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector, he signed his name as Oliver P, the "P" standing for "Protector." This mirrored the practices of monarchs signing their name with "R", which stood for "Rex" or "Regina".
DQEdJ TIL Legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie suffered and died from a hereditary disease, Huntingtons Disease that his mother also died from. His oldest two daughters died from it and son Arlo Guthrie refused to be tested but hasn't shown symptoms.
Oo097 TIL that the Black Knight in Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail was inspired by two Roman wrestlers who were in a very intense and entangled fight. After one surrendered from pain of a broken rib an attendant picked up the winner, tapping him and saying "You won" to discover that he was dead.
WdrX TIL Israeli PM Netanyahu, speaking to a House Committee in 2002 as a private American citizen, lied about Saddam Hussein building Nuclear weapons.
0d7Gy TIL that Anton Chekhov, known for his poignant, dark, open-ended short stories started out writing light hearted comedies.