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TIL the man that figured out how old Planet Earth really is was the same one who discovered world-wide environmental lead contamination which eventually lead to leaded gasoline’s banning.

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xgpD TIL that the idiom “You kids get off my lawn” was ascribed to elderly first-generation homeowners who prided their lawns as a symbol of new-found affluence post WWII
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GAMRG TIL as Spielberg was filming Jurassic Park's climatic scene as originally scripted (with the velociraptors defeated by Dr. Alan Grant & John Hammond), he had the last-minute idea to bring back the T-Rex for the climax. As an "off-the-cuff thing", the physical effects had to be setup in about 24 hrs.
LOBr TIL Aphids are born pregnant.
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