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TIL that in 1981 President Reagan claimed in complete seriousness that “trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.”

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GjrE TIL that Nazis cleared minefields by chasing captured civilians across, detonating the explosives.
M7XZA TIL that the roar from the MGM lion is actually that of a tiger
x7pB TIL: Steve Buscemi was a New York City fire fighter from 1980 to 1984. After the events of 9/11, he showed up in NYC to volunteer, working twelve-hour shifts for a week, and digging through rubble with his old comrades looking for missing firefighters
166aP TIL Weird Al's biggest problem with services that illegally distributed his music was that they would misattribute songs to him. Al was especially annoyed by profane songs like, "Baby Got Jack” or “Ugly Girl”.
KOZ5G TIL about a baseball team that literally played for their lives. An integrated team of death-row inmates was assembled, called The Penitentiary All Stars, played against other local teams in Wyoming, and earned the prison officials money from gambling. Winning earned the team stays of execution.