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TIL White claw has Canadian origins

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QNLZd TIL that during WW2, the US government confiscated brass decor from theaters to use in the war effort. The Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago painted all of their brass white to hide it from the government. The brass was then forgotten about until a 1999 renovation.
ZKkR TIL David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, fought so hard to prevent FM Radio from succeeding that the inventor of FM Radio, Edwin Howard Armstrong, commit suicide because of emotional and financial distress…brought on by RCA lawsuits.
8jW4 TIL that If the earth would be a 40 year old guy, humans would have been using tools for a week and a half, and just left Africa 8 hours ago to settle around the globe
yQBQe TIL ants make up 15 to 20% of the terrestrial animal biomass. In rain forests, as much as 25% of it is ants.
GArY5 TIL Speculation as to "who shot J.R.?" on the TV show "Dallas" in 1980 was so intense that former President Ford tried to get the answer out of one of the producers, and the Queen Mother tried to pry it out of actor Larry Hagman while he was visiting the UK, neither of which were successful.