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TIL that “if every home in the United States paid its bills online, solid waste would be decreased by 1,600,000,000 tons each year.”

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gM6oW TIL George Lucas was fined $250,000 and "The Empire Strikes Back" was nearly pulled from theatres because he put screen credits at the end of the movie (which was rare) to preserve the dramatic opening sequences.
9p TIL that in 2005, the cardboard box was inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame.
loxaN TIL The town of Salem, New Jersey once held a trial against tomatoes in 1820 because of the widespread belief they were poisonous. The case ended after Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson ate a basket of tomatoes without ill consequence.
b9NNN TIL in 1981 Bosco Ramos won the mayoral election in Sunol, California. As it happened, Bosco was a dog. The furry politician remained in the office until its death in 1994.
m10VY TIL about Glacier Girl, a WWII P-38 fighter that had to make an emergency landing on the Greenland ice. The plane became buried under more than 200 feet of solid ice, but was recovered 50 years later and restored to flying condition.