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TIL that the US and Ireland never recognized the Soviet annexation of the Baltic states and allowed the pre-ww2 diplomats to continue to operate

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9Pgp TIL that Bugs Bunny accidentally transformed the word nimrod into a synonym for idiot because nobody got his joke comparing Elmer Fudd to the Biblical figure Nimrod (a mighty hunter).
nerod TIL 'Hollywood Accounting' is a creative accounting process used to hide film profits. Some of the highest grossing films of all time have actually registered 'net loss' and 'no profit' on paper using this process (incl. Return of the Jedi; Forrest Gump; Lord of the Rings Trilogy; Harry Potter)
R7pW9 TIL Aristotle observed that fossils of seashells in rocks resembled those found on beaches. He inferred that the fossils in rocks were formed by organisms, and he reasoned that the positions of land and sea had been changing slowly since ancient times. Leonardo da Vinci agreed with this reasoning.
e0RjD TIL that in the months after the 2011 quake in northeastern Japan, taxi drivers reported picking up "ghost passengers" in the coastal town of Ishinomaki where nearly 6,000 people died in the tsunami.
rlQe TIL In Florida, you only need a month of training to become an EMT, but six years to get an interior decorating license.