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TIL that smoking was not banned on airplanes in the US until 1988. And it was only a partial ban at that

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Brbgr TIL that in spite of there being no statues or memorials of Lincoln in the 11 states to start fighting for the Confederacy, there is a memorial to three Confederate generals built of the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's death
e0jA6 TIL that William Shatner starred in a horror film written entirely in the international constructed language Esperanto
mxJaO TIL that Chinese youth used to listen to a lot of music CDs from the US with holes punched through the corner. The so-called "dakou" CDs were surplus albums destined to be disposed, but ended up being sold in China instead. You could listen to most of each album, but some songs would be missing.
Y5gd TIL Alexander Hamilton’s son was a lawyer who represented a woman divorcing Aaron Burr, 30 years after Burr famously killed his father in a duel.
e404 TIL John Lasseter, one of the three founding fathers of Pixar, was fired from Disney for trying to create three dimensional cartoon images. Lucasfilm hired him promptly afterwards for being innovative. Disney would later buy both Lucasfilms and Pixar for billions of dollars.