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TIL Five countries all in Asia are responsible for 60% of all the junk in our oceans

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KYQ4E TIL about a man in Raleigh, NC creating a massive street art sculpture known as the 'barrel monster' using stolen construction barrels. Despite the construction company who owned the barrels appreciating it and the publicity it created and not wanting to press charges, the man was arrested anyway.
OnDg TIL George Washington quelled an officer insurrection by putting on a new pair of spectacles while reading a letter to the group stating “Gentlemen, you must pardon me. I have grown gray in your service and now find myself growing blind.” Many officers were moved to tears
Rkn8 TIL that composer Charles Ives proposed that a 20th Amendment should be added to the U.S. Constitution that allowed people to submit legislative proposals to Congress. Members of Congress would then cull the proposals, selecting 10 each year as referendums for popular vote by the nation’s electorate
JYDW4 TIL that in Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, certain scenes such as the forest swinging scene, Miles was animated a 12 frames a second while Peter was animated at 24 frames a second, making Miles look less smooth. This was done to show Miles' inexperience at being Spiderman compared to Peter.
vPjZ4 TIL that Double Indemnity director Billy Wilder was so frustrated with his film not winning any of its 7 Oscar nominations, that he purposely tripped Best Director winner Leo McCarey at the 1945 Academy Awards as McCarey went to accept his award