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TIL wood can be friction welded

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x6Mlg TIL during the American Revolution, John Adams questioned why his cousin Samuel Adams was burning handfuls of documents in his fireplace. Sam Adams replied, “Whatever becomes of me, my friends shall never suffer by my negligence.”
5VJ7P TIL about the Nigersaurus, a dinosaur that, uh, well, it's a real dinosaur I guess
oBQQ7 TIL the time signature of the main theme from The Terminator (1984)'s score is so weird, even its own composer hadn't a clue what it was.
p8JaN TIL that in the movie The Godfather, the reason the word 'mafia' is not mentioned a single time is because mafia boss Joe Colombo, along with Frank Sinatra, threatened the films production and would only back the filming if they could change the script to their liking.
Z8VnR TIL: A ”moment” is 90 seconds