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TIL 99% of consumer grade fireworks are made in China

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OGQx6 Today I learned that President Glover Cleveland had a secret surgery removing a tumor in his mouth on a yacht because he worried that news of him having cancer would effect the stock market.
nRAY TIL That due to poor accounting practices and software, the Department of Defense loses billions of dollars on financial transactions between federal agencies.
mxJWM TIL that when Alfred Hitchcock was five his father sent him to the police with a note, the policeman looked at the note and locked him in jail for few minutes. This experience left him with lifelong fear of policemen and he wouldn't even drive a car in case he got a parking ticket.
B6Mk TIL Don LaFontaine, who was nicknamed “Thunder Throat” and “The Voice of God”, voiced over 5,000 movie trailers. His final voice over role was for an episode of Phineas and Ferb, in which he said in his final line: “In a world … There, I said it. Happy?”
DvRj TIL Obese People are 80% more likely to die in car crashes than normal weight drivers