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TIL that in 2016, Harrison Ford’s portrayal of US President James Marshall in the 1997 movie “Air Force One” was ranked by Wall Street Journal as the greatest fictional president in movie history.

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9YevM TIL that lower-status individuals use more jargon when communicating. The behavior is described by scientists as "linguistic overcompensation ".
x60OB TIL that the hawk-eye technology, used for video assistance in sports like soccer and tennis, was first implemented in a 2001 cricket match between England and Pakistan.
lxMN TIL when you have those “how’d I get here” moments when driving, it’s the basal ganglia that has taken control. A very primal part of the brain that controls voluntary but barely conscious actions.
8l7P TIL During the filming of Bill Maher’s movie, Religulous, he used the fake film title “A Spiritual Journey” to get his interviews.
jN75R TIL a rescue ship at the Titanic sinking pulled a dead infant from the sea who wasn’t able to be identified. The ship’s sailors paid for a graveside monument dedicated to The Unknown Child. In 2007, DNA testing showed the child to be from an English family of six, the Goodwins, who all drowned.