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TIL Plastic dishes can’t absorb enough heat to evaporate water, which is why the dishwasher dry cycle doesn’t work on them

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Mlr0 TIL that when a dignitary complained to President Theodore Roosevelt about Alice Roosevelt (his daughter) smoking on top of the White House, Roosevelt replied, “I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.”
WkeGX TIL of Australian Soldier Jim Moody, who smuggled Horrie, his battalion's mascot back to Australia after WWII, violating quarantine laws. Ordered to surrender Horrie to be destroyed, he purchased another dog from a pound and surrendered it, and Horrie lived many years.
p8dL4 TIL the US Army suppressed a movie on the psychological affects of war on veterans called Let There Be Light. It was made just after WW2 and wasn't released until the 1980s, over 30 years later.
GYE81 TIL Koalas sleep 18-22 hours a day due to the daily strain on their system to digest toxic Eucalyptus
oB898 TIL that “The Emperor’s New Groove” initially started out as an epic animated musical set during the Inca empire titled “Kingdom of the Sun” with songs written by Sting. However the project was completely redone after studio executives wanted it to be more funny and less serious.