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TIL that in 1866 the US Congress passed legislation that legally protected use of the metric system in commerce.

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7nxM TIL During the filming of 1964 film Cheyenne Autumn, the Navajo actors hired to portray the Cheyenne would use crude language instead of the planned dialogue because no one on set spoke Navajo, even making jokes about the U.S. colonels penis in what was meant to be a solemn speech.
R7aPw TIL Producer Ralph Bakshi pitched "Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures" to CBS by claiming that he owned the rights to Mighty Mouse. CBS actually already owned the rights for 32 years and forgotten about it. CBS purchased the show from Bakshi.
v9ER TIL Garth Williams, illustrator of Stuart Little, wrote a kids book in 1958 called “The Rabbits’ Wedding”. An Alabama State Senator claimed the book was “propaganda for integration and intermarriage,” as the book featured a bunny with white fur and another with black.
yVAJw TIL the ginger served with your sushi is for cleansing your pallet. When trying differently prepared sushi, cleanse with ginger for a pallet reset for the fullest experience of new flavors
AmPa TIL that when Tesla moved to Colorado to work on artificial lightning, thunder from one experiment was heard 15 miles away, people saw sparks jumping from their feet to the ground, butterflies were swirling in circles with blue halos around their wings and the whole town was left in the dark.