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TIL: Ronald Reagan seriously declared “Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.”

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gMnXW TIL In 1975, a cat named F.D.C. Willard co-authored a physics paper that would become influential and often-cited because the author did not want to change the pronoun "we" that had been used throughout the paper. F.D.C. Willard went on to be the sole author of another paper in 1980.
LQpKr TIL that the woman in the epic and wonderful music video "The Box" (1996) by Orbital , is played by none other than the fantastic, the wonderful and supremely talented Tilda Swinton.
O1pa TIL that Samoa is 24 hours ahead of American Samoa despite being only 30 miles away
kOx0m TIL that cranberry sauce cans always have the label on 'upside-down' so that it will be stocked on shelves in the correct orientation, in order to preserve an air bubble in the can that makes it possible to get it out in one piece without having to open both ends.
M7roV TIL of the Wilhelm scream. The Wilhelm scream is a stock sound effect that has been used in a number of films and TV series, beginning in 1951 with the film Distant Drums. The scream is usually used when someone is shot, falls from a great height, or is thrown from an explosion.