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TIL Jeff Lynne initially refused to allow the song livin' thing to appear in Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights because he has a problem with sex and violence in films. However after PTA provided a screening, Lynne loved it soo much he allowed it to appear in the final scene and credits.

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4WQg TIL there is a series of towers built with unobstructed lines of sight from Washington, D.C. to ‘Site R,’ a secure bunker in Pennsylvania, built to relay microwave transmissions in the event of nuclear war
Zpgeo TIL about Aaron Feuerstein who was CEO of Malden Mills when it was destroyed in a fire in 1995. Instead of laying off all 3000 employees, he spent the insurance moenyto pay their salaries and benefits while the mill was being rebuilt. This cost him personally $25,000,000 and his CEO position.
kOVbm TIL the Native American greeting of "How" in many Westerns was a real greeting used by speakers of Lakota-Sioux. The word was used only between men.
pY8P4 TIL that in 2021 more than 1/3 of the shark attacks in the world occurred in Florida and, of the attacks in Florida, more than 1/2 occurred around Daytona Beach.
6EQRX Til that the cargo hold of the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is one foot longer than the entire length of the first powered flight by the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk.