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TIL that the person who played 8-year-old Grinch in The Grinch (2000) was actually an 18 year old with dwarfism and passed away two years after the release of the film

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GARy4 TIL Of the Chinese drywall health issues. Between 2001 and 2009 the United States imported large amounts of drywall from China that would off-gas, slowly releasing chemicals like hydrogen sulfide and corrode pipes. The South-East was especially affected because of rebuilding following hurricanes.
oBV6A TIL that Chicago got its "Windy City" nickname not from its windy weather but rather due to its reputation for braggadocios politicians who were "full of hot air".
4k45N TIL the US government in the 1930's tried to make a canal called the "Cross-Florida Barge Canal" that cut through the Florida peninsula to create a shortcut from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean. It was going to have a series of locks like the Panama Canal. It was shut down by Nixon.
Y7dmv TIL only three women in US history (Maggie Hassan, Kelly Ayotte, Jeanne Shaheen) have been elected both as Governor and US Senator. All three are from New Hampshire.
ep85g TIL that while LED lightbulbs may not “burn out” like an incandescent, they experience Lumen Depreciation, where the bulbs progressively get dimmer and dimmer over time.