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TIL Lou Ferrigno still voices The Hulk in the two Avengers movies.

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Zpx8D TIL famous psychologist B.F.Skinner trained street pigeons to guide rockets by training them to recognize the pattern of a target, and to peck when they saw the target. As the pigeons pecked, cables harnessed to each one’s head would mechanically steer the missile until it finally reached its mark.
5kOP TIL that after the fall of the Roman Empire the technology to make concrete was lost for 1000 years.
X0nW8 TIL that in the early 2000s, Heinz released EZ Squirt colored ketchup, starting with green in 2000, followed by purple, blue, and mystery colors like pink, orange, and teal. Despite their novelty, they were discontinued by 2006.
RZPa TIL in 2009 WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton was turned down for a job at Facebook, 5 years later Facebook purchased WhatsApp for $19 billion.
LQmPZ TIL WWE commentator Sean Michael Coulthard, also known as Michael Cole, worked as a journalist for CBS Radio covering the Waco siege and the Yugoslavian civil war.