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TIL of the Heckler's Veto, where a speaker's freedom of speech is allowed to be impeded on if people who are listening are audibly overpowering the speaker.

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m1rnp TIL Jim Varney caught the attention of Disney exec Michael Eisner at the Indy 500 in 1985 after appearing as "Ernest" and getting a much bigger reception than even Mickey Mouse, stunning Eisner. Varney had appeared in hundreds of commercials but this led to his first movie "Ernest Goes to Camp"
QNKRM TIL that our galaxy, the Milky Way, is going to collide with the Andromeda galaxy in about 4.5 billion years
d8P1d TIL about Masako Wakamiya, a Japanese woman who on noticing the lack of fun game apps for senior citizens learnt coding at the age of 81 and created her own app, Hinadan, inspired by a Japanese doll festival. She holds seminars and workshops to educate elderly about the benefits of technology.
DQ7Ar TIL that former olympic diver Hal Prieste stole the original Olympic flag as a prank at the 1920 Summer Olympics and returned it 80 years later in a special ceremony held at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Rdy7 TIL that U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes arbitrated a land dispute between Argentina and Paraguay. He decided in favor of Paraguay, giving the country 60% of its current territory. Paraguay still honors Hayes, and there is a local soccer club named after him, Club Presidente Hayes.