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TIL Dateline's Keith Morrison is actor Matthew Perry's stepfather

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96Z7 TIL the bubble gum is pink because that was the only dye Diemer (the inventor) had on hand at the time and it was his favorite color.
nWlJB TIL We could kill all mosquitoes with little to no effect Ecology: A world without mosquitoes
rRMox TIL a British admiral's phones were bugged so often on one mission that his wife would say "Goodnight, everybody” before they turned the lights off each night
d80Pd TIL that rocking back and forth or moving in general activates the hippocampus while learning and memorizing things. Some people chew gum instead of the back and forth rock. Recall improves while moving and learning, and recalling things 5 times over a spread of days can burn in the working memory.
d8ZwQ TIL that there is a Spiderman comic (The Amazing Spiderman #36) that deals with Spiderman being too late to stop 9/11. Spiderman along with four of his arch rivals help out at the scene of the attack by lifting rubble and rescuing survivors.