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TIL Reddit has spent a grand total of $500 on advertising, and all of it was used to buy stickers.

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9YRVr TIL that in Return of the Jedi (1983) for the speeder chase, Garrett Brown walked through the forest shooting at less than one frame per second. By walking at about 5 mph and projecting the footage at 24 frame/s, the motion seen in the film appeared as if it were moving at around 120 mph
9Yopr TIL Only 4 of the total 12 astronauts who actually walked on the moon, are still alive. Charles Duke, at 85 is the youngest man alive who's walked on the moon.
V9nD TIL That since 1825, every bald Russian president has succeeded a hairy one and vice versa.
KYNga TIL that both George Washington and Ben Franklin disagreed with the Boston Tea Party, and Franklin even offered to pay the British back for the destruction of the tea
vWOB TIL that this day, in 1935, it became illegal for airplanes to fly over the White House. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s complaint that aircraft disturb his sleep prompts the new law.