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kOXGe TIL of the Teapot Dome Scandal: Between 1921-1923 during Harden's presidency, the Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall, secretly leased federal oil reserves to the Mammoth Oil Company in exchange for $200k worth of liberty bonds. He became the first Cabinet secretary to go to prison.
k0d4 TIL that “In 2013, India officially recognized dolphins as non-human persons”
Qana TIL The Creators of Disney Pixar’s “UP” had the voice of Russell (Jordan Nagai) do various physical exercises such as sprinting around the studio room as fast as he could and then stopping immediately in front of the mic to recite his line, producing a more genuine effect of child-like energy.
nWBbY TIL that one in five shoppers have accidentally stolen items via self-checkout.
m1gEv TIL 12-14% of people are thought to have borderline intellectual function, somewhere between disabled and average.