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TIL----FISH CANNONS EXIST---- Whooshh Innovations' "Salmon Cannon" Gives Fish A Boost Over Dams

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P1PbE TIL that at the opening ceremonies to the 1936 Summer Olympics, the event organizers made the mistake of shooting off a cannon after they had released hundreds of pigeons. While the cannon shot blanks, the sound of the shot scared the birds so much that they defecated on the athletes below.
JoVQ TIL Neil Armstrong threatened legal action against his barber, for selling his hair to a collector for $3,000.
XENaX TIL Brad Fiedel, who wrote the theme for The Terminator, said that the much disputed/odd time signature (13/8 or 12/8) present in the song was due to a timing error in the synths and sequencer loops which were synced by hand.
5YklR TIL a statue of William Shakespeare in Central Park was paid for with funds raised by John Wilkes Booth
DZWe TIL there’s a ship that’s designed to turn its bow up into the air, while the rest of the ship submerges, turning it into a buoy.