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TIL although Nobel Prizes are not awarded posthumously, the 2011 Prize in Physiology and Medicine for Ralph M. Steinman still stands because the committee was unaware he had died three days before the announcement.

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VDkm TIL 98% of all pistachios produced in the U.S. are grown in California. This accounts for 25% of World Production, making the U.S. the second largest pistachio producer behind Iran
6Ewbl TIL that in 2019 there was a sixth Terminator movie (after Terminator: Genysis) which so few people saw that that it was even less successful than Terminator: Genysis. The film grossed only 13% of what was needed to break even and was considered a box office bomb due to lukewarm critical reception.
1a1b8 TIL that current and former presidents and vice presidents are not allowed to operate motor vehicles on the open road.
KOoXJ TIL that George Washington declined to run for a third term of office because he believed his death in office would create an image of a lifetime appointment. The precedent of a two-term limit was created by his retirement from office.
6kgZ TIL that the picture of an angry cloud of sentient electricity that is commonly seen on transformers is named “Mr. Ouch”