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TIL Ronald Reagan was active as an FBI informer in Hollywood, reporting on other actors who he suspected of subversive activities

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4XNW5 TIL that the average rooster crow is about 130 dB, about the same volume as standing 15 meters from a jet taking off. To prevent deafness from their own calls, roosters have evolved soft tissue that covers half of the eardrum while crowing
aGRJ TIL: If you wrote on your resume or a job application that you were Time magazine’s 2006 person of the year, you would not be lying.
loDK TIL that the cast of Starship Troopers greed to do the co-ed shower scene only if Verhoeven agreed to direct the scene naked, which he did
6EK7m TIL that apples are very effective at keeping you awake in the morning or when sleepy.
wolD7 TIL It took 51 years and 3 amateurs to solve a particular cypher sent by the Zodiac Killer