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TIL former US president Gerald Ford, his wife Betty Ford, and politician Henry Kissinger all made guest appearances as themselves in a 1983 episode of night-time soap Dynasty

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V6nG TIL forrest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940s, and that the US has more trees now than at any time in the past 100 years.
Npr8 TIL: Eddie Gein serves as a basis for Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Silence of the Lambs. Ed Gein had home furnishings made from human skin and bone, as well as a shoe box full of preserved female genitalia, Bowls made of Skulls and a full body suit made a flesh.
G0D1 TIL that when one fails the British/Dutch navies’ Submarine Command Course (“The Perisher”), he is not told yet, but his bag is packed for him. When a boat/helicopter is ready the sailor is told of his failure, given a bottle of whisky, and immediately goes. He can never serve in a submarine again.
yVZGX TIL Lima beans are so-named because they come from Peru
QNMP6 TIL: Goldfish can produce alcohol instead of lactic acid in low oxygen environments