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TIL James Cameron altered night sky in reworked Titanic after ten years of complaints from Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Gnm1 TIL that John Adams, founding father of the U.S., called his wife “Miss Adorable” and demanded a million kisses in one of the first letters he ever wrote her.
ep6KL TIL: that the idea for the Kool-Aid Man was inspired by Marvin Potts watching his son draw smiley faces on a frosted window. Without childlike creativity, the Kool-Aid Man would have never existed.
gMEVA TIL of the 'Merci Train'. 49 box cars sent from France to the US filled with personal items donated by the French people as a 'Thank You' for food & supplies donated to them following WW2. One car was delivered to each state, and many states still have theirs housed in local museums.
690wQ TIL Hooters ran an airline called “Hooters Air” from 2003-2006. Stewardesses wore the traditional hooters uniform. The airline was distinguished for nonstop flights, guaranteed meals, and for providing far more leg room than was typical of the time. The airline lost Hooters an estimated $40 million.
dgw7 TIL The Massachusetts Bay Company had a “Stubborn Child Law” that allowed parents to put their defiant children to death