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TIL that Glitter is destroying our oceans.

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wL4do TIL Police Academy actor Michael Winslow recorded sound effects for Back to the Future Part III including the sound of Marty's feet during the "moonwalk" sequence
WkVBB TIL on Jose Fernandez's 4th attempt to defect from Cuba to the U.S., a person fell overboard. Jose jumped into the waters and saved the person. He recalled, "I don't remember much, just diving in the water and swimming towards this woman. As I was getting close, I could see it was my mother".
yQoXw TIL that the measly 20W signal from Voyager 1, the equivalent of a fridge light-bulb, can be distinguished from background radiation in the sky almost instantly, despite being 11 billion miles away
KOOx6 TIL in 1968, Veterans Day was originally changed to the fourth Monday in October by President LBJ. It was changed back to November 11 in 1975 by President Gerald Ford.
d5p7 TIL that the Incans, despite having a large empire, had no currency and no merchant class; citizens paid the government with labor and received necessities in return