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TIL Douglas fir trees aren't firs

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LQLBQ TIL that the loudest shout ever recorded was by a primary school teacher who yelled ‘quiet!’ It was clocked at 121.7 decibels and the record has stood for 30 years.
ynRV TIL that Asian-Americans needed a 1550 (on a scale of 1600) SAT to have an equal chance of getting into an elite college as black students with an 1100.
X0Xrr TIL that the real name of the actor we all know as Boris Karloff - famous for playing Frankenstein's monster (his 82nd role by the way!) - was William Henry Pratt, and he elected to act under a pseudonym so as not to embarass his well known, well connected and almost aristocratic English family.
l95r TIL LGBT activists in Australia created a kingdom in nearby islands called the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands. The national flag is the LGBT color flag, and the official currency is the Euro.
kOdOd TIL in 1957 Northeast Airlines Flight 823 crashed onto Rikers Island, New York’s 400 acre prison complex. Around 50 inmates rushed to help pull passengers from the wreckage. Later the governor set those prisoners free or reduced their sentences.