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TIL Ray Bradbury's story a sound of thunder predates the theory of the Butterfly Effect, but uses a butterfly to make the same example of chaos theory....

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69pW8 TIL that Sam Houston is the only person to have served as the governor of 2 U.S. states, with him serving as the 6th governor of Tennessee from 1827-1829, and as the 7th governor of Texas from 1859-1861.
0dXWL TIL of the United Kingdom's Locomotives Act 1865, which mandated that motor vehicles abide by a 2 to 4 mph speed limit, be crewed by minimum of three persons, and have man walk at least 55 meters ahead of the vehicle, waving a red flag and sounding a horn.
wLaEo TIL That chewing gum is actually made of a synthetic plastic that's not biodegradable, and is the 2nd most littered item after cigarette butts
4XpaR TIL Marvin Heemeyer, a man who after fighting a losing legal battle with a large business that was ruining his auto shop business, manufactured a homemade tank equipped with a 50. Caliber anti material rifle, 1 inch armor plating, security cameras and more to destroy the town hall/enemy buildings.
8a7BX TIL that George Lamson, Jr., the sole survivor of a 1985 plane crash, reaches out to all the other sole survivors of major airline crashes- of which there are only a dozen or so worldwide- to create a support group that addresses their unique experiences and trauma.