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TIL that macadam road is named after its inventor John Loudon McAdam.

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BraKx TIL of the myth that during Neil Armstrong's moon walk he said "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky," in reference to a childhood neighbor whose wife said she'd perform oral sex on her husband "when the kid next door walks on the moon." The myth originated from a Buddy Hackett comedy routine.
PYnOe TIL that natural gas, a cheap and available fossil fuel extensively mined in the USA, produces roughly 50% LESS climate changing carbon dioxide than coal, and that most coal-powered power plants can be converted to run on it.
epDaJ TIL about Godwin's law that states that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope) the probability of a comparison to Nazis approaches.
5YRAr TIL the "golden spike" the last spike hammered into the transcontinental railroad, was immediately removed and given to railroad baron Leland Stanford who put on display in Palo Alto, California.
pYRyQ TIL about James Clark McReynolds, who served as a Supreme Court justice from 1914 until 1941. He would not accept "Jews, drinkers, blacks, women, smokers, married or engaged individuals" as law clerks, did not speak to Justice Louis Brandeis for three years, and was nicknamed "Scrooge."