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TIL that Bob Bergen, the actor who presently voices Porky Pig, has immense job security due to how difficult it is to nail the pig’s speech mannerisms. He had to study Mel Blanc’s speech patterns intensely to get the character just right.

v1ngK TIL that Adelicia Acklen saved her fortune because she was friends with a Confederate general and friendly with a Union admiral. The general agreed not to burn her Louisiana cotton and the admiral allowed her to ship it to New Orleans. She sold it to the Rothchilds of London for $960,000.
VBOx4 TIL Coca Cola released a German advert celebrating the 75th anniversary of Fanta’s 1940 founding in Nazi Germany. Before it got pulled, it stated it wanted to “bring the feeling of the good old times back.”
1aV1d TIL that 3 people in the US are still using iron lungs from childhood polio. Repairs to the equipment is near impossible.
MeGZm TIL The first recognized example of a game machine was unveiled by Dr. Edward Uhler Condon at the New York World’s Fair in 1940. The game,based on the ancient mathematical game of Nim, was played by about 50,000 people during the six months it was on display and the computer winning 90% of the games
e0ok4 TIL Phosphogypsum is a common byproduct of fertilizer production. It has very few pratical uses and is radioactive, containing uranium, thorium, radium, radon and polonium. For this reason they are stored indefinitely in Stacks. ONE ton of phosphoric acid produces FIVE tons of phosphogypsum waste.