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TIL Danny Devito was the executive producer on Pulp Fiction

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a8DPM TIL about Washington D. C.'s Height of Buildings Act of 1899 - still in effect. New technologies in construction were allowing for taller buildings but people were afraid of what they didn't understand. Also, fire fighting equipment, at this time, could only reach a maximum height of 130 feet.
XEoB6 TIL John Hathorne was the only judge in the Salem Witch Trials never to apologize for his actions. His great-great grandson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, added a W to his last name to distance himself from him.
9YQAm TIL the first Soviet probe sent to Mars' moon Phobos failed due to user error. While the probe was still on its way to Mars, an impatient technician who didn't want to wait for his code to be proofread unintentionally sent a command to the probe to shut down and there was no way to turn it back on.
p857Z TIL Norman Rockwell's Rosie the Riveter is using a copy of Mein Kampf as a foot rest.
BgVZe TIL that TLC's Waterfalls was about safe sex and resisting the urge to engage in self-destructive behaviors.