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TIL one of Michael Phelps' kid's name is Boomer
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TIL there is a law that states every high school in New Zealand may hold one pound of uranium and one pound of thorium for conducting nuclear experiments, but they will be fined $1,000,000 should there be a nuclear explosion.
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TIL A $286K painting was discovered by an art historian because he was watching Stuart Little with his daughter & noticed it in the background of this scene. It had been purchased for cheap by a set designer who had no clue it was a world-famous painting believed to be lost since 1928.
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TIL in 1915 a raisin company executive spotted a teenage girl drying her curly brown hair and wearing her mother’s red bonnet and hired her for a stunt promotion that had her dropping raisins from an airplane. Soon she became the company’s first mascot called, “Sun Maid.”
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TIL that Orson Welles was only 23 years old when he made "War of the Worlds," the 1938 radio play that allegedly fooled some listeners into thinking Earth was being invaded by Martians. He was 25 when he made "Citizen Kane," still considered one of the greatest American films of all time.
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TIL a Greek newspaper was accidentally printed inside-out in its first issue, and they continued the tradition for over 100 years