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TIL the 'Butterfly Effect' can be traced back to a short story called 'A Sound of Thunder', written by Ray Bradbury in 1952.

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PYyPg TIL Ronald Reagan's Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Rex, took a disliking to the Lincoln Bedroom in the White House. Thought to be haunted by Lincoln's ghost, the dog would refuse to enter the room and sometimes would stand outside it and bark through the doorway.
wo8mY TIL of "Ice Spikes", a phenomenon that can occur in certain instances when freezing water in ice cube trays where a "spike" of ice will appear and jut up and out of the ice cube as if by magic.
Ok0R TIL in that Quebec, Sweden and Norway it is illegal to advertise to children. This to keep companies from encouraging children to beg their parents for stuff.
L1lm TIL that the Montreal bus system has a “between stops” service, allowing women traveling alone late at night to stop between designated bus stops.
DQ9eP TIL that Alexander the Great one put on a staged naval battle using his favorite food as their weapon, apples.