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TIL Aluminum Christmas trees dropped in popularity after their negative portrayal in A Charlie Brown Christmas

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yJbp TIL The actor who played Ralphie in “A Christmas Story” was the executive producer of “Iron Man”
OowN6 TIL the celebrity crooner Frank Sinatra not only was tied up to the mob for life as they had helped him with his career, but he also owned casino's at Lake Tahoe and elsewhere in the area.
Oo5rY TIL that Winston Groom, the author of "Forrest Gump" the source for the titular movie, was contracted to earn 3% share of the profits. The film made about $678 million on the budget of $55 million, but Paramount did not pay Groom, using Hollywood accounting to posit that the film indeed lost money.
d8bk8 TIL of the Future Library Project which includes 100 works of literature to remain unread and unpublished until 2114. A thousand trees were planed in 2014 to supply the paper for the anthologies of these works. Each year a new notable author is chosen, most recently Ocean Vuong.
b6X6Q TIL that some US spy satellites are named after actresses. Before a presentation to President Reagan, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) worried about mentioning projects codenamed URSULA, RAQUEL, and FARRAH. Reagan said "Those are friends of mine! I love those names!" NRO kept the names.