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TIL: There is an Executive Order for “plain language” in the US government to make official documents accessible to the public.

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ADEjg TIL that Gustav Holst composed an orchestral suite, The Planets, with seven movements, one for each of the non-Earth planets. The piece was composed in the 1910s and Pluto was excluded because it wasn't discovered until 1930. The piece remains accurate even today... for now.
kOQx1 TIL that Jack Ruby left his Wiener Dog in the car when he went to kill Lee Harvey Oswald
4Xj4J Today I learned (by being destroyed by allergies) that your nose has an internal cycle, which is why one nostril can be harder to blow than the other.
OODX TIL in Dumb and Dumber (1994), the movie Jim Carrey’s character references as inspiration for ripping off Seabass is actually a reference to Jeff Daniels’ character in Something Wild (1986).
8aDo4 TIL that Reba McEntire was offered the role of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" in James Cameron's Titanic, but turned it down due to filming being delayed beyond the 3 months she set aside to film it and she was worried about the people on her payroll not being able to work.