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TIL that the same $99 microphone has been used by every president since 1965

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M7eYB TIL: Walruses can whistle
wL94Y TIL that US president Jimmy Carter issued a state of emergency in 1979 that is still active today, over 40 years later. This state of emergency gives "extra ordinary powers" to the president to "seize property, call up the National Guard and hire and fire military officers at will."
GoWJ TIL that when Laurence Olivier was preparing to do a love scene with an actress, he would say, “I apologise if I get aroused, and I apologise if I do not get aroused.”
7NKZ TIL an 18-year-old male committed suicide as a result of a ‘ghost’ prank carried out by the BBC. Due to the controversy, the BBC put a 10-year ban on the broadcast of the show
ne5Qd TIL in dry heat fans can make you hotter