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TIL Two sailors died when trying to salute then VP Millard Fillmore (Roadside America)

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XGBk TIL that Matt Groening was once subjected to a strip-search by airport security who considered him a suspicious character. As he was led away, a little boy said, “Ha, ha!” just like Nelson on The Simpsons. Groening found the boy’s mockery the most irritating thing about the entire incident.
nWdr TIL Tim Burton’s new film is a remake of his movie from 1984 that originally got him fired from Disney.
a8GrJ TIL that female Adélie penguins trade stones for sex during a shortage of stones. Extra-pair copulation often occurs at the male's nesting site, after which the female takes one or more stones. In contrast, when it occurs at the female's nesting site, the male doesn’t take a stone.
ep0r5 TIL about the Shepard Tone. An audio illusion that creates the feeling of consistent, never-ending rising/falling. The illusion is achieved by playing overlapping notes that are one octave apart. In this way, the sensation of rising or descending notes never ends.
vwD TIL Saddam Hussein’s last words were “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad-” before the executioner let the floor out from beneath the gallows, cutting him off midsentence.