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TIL Steven Spielberg is the creator of the Medal of Honor series by Electronic Arts

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gMJxD TIL Hippos sleep underwater even though they breathe air. They automatically close their nostrils and surface to breathe every 3-5 minutes. This all happens unconsciously, even in their sleep.
GYjxj TIL male Pennsylvania grass spiders are more likely to approach a female for sex if she has recently killed and eaten another male.
KYDP6 TIL Rosalynn Carter sat in on Jimmy Carter's presidential Cabinet meetings and took notes so she would always know what was going on, and also was the first First Lady to have her own office in the East Wing.
Y70PP TIL Early home radios were referred to as BC capable, meaning Broadcast Channels. BC was AM signals, but AM was not a common reference until FM radios came along and they had to distinguish between them. Much like early records were never called 78s until after 33s and 45s came along.
AW64 TIL Ronald Reagan was active as an FBI informer in Hollywood, reporting on other actors who he suspected of subversive activities