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TIL a UT-Austin undergrad wrote a paper proposing ratifying a long-dormant Constitutional amendment. He got a ‘C’, started a movement, and it was ratified in 1992.

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K179 TIL that the “laugh tracks” heard in American sitcoms from the late 50s to the early 70s were mostly recorded and edited by one company: Northridge Electronics, owned by sound engineer Charley Douglass and his family.
ne1VG TIL In May 1981 the citizens of Naphlion, Greece awoke to find small green frogs falling from the sky. The Greek Meteorological Institute surmised they were picked up by a very strong wind since the frog species was native to North Africa.
m1WdM TIL that stainless steel does rust, and the likelihood of corrosion depends on the chromium content of the stainless steel.
XEwoQ TIL that the colors of the barber pole are red, white, and blue to represent the medieval role of barbers. The red represents the blood from bloodletting, the blue represents the vein that was cut, and the white represents the bandage. It spins to represents the blood flowing down.
QX1e TIL, in 1949, India sent the Tokyo Zoo two elephants to cheer the spirits of the defeated Japanese empire.