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TIL that Pure Gold is edible.

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rRB5o TIL with a record of 46-2 Marvin Hagler could not get a title fight. His manager pleaded with Senator Ted Kennedy. Kennedy called boxing promotor Bob Arum and threatened an investigation. Arum was a tax attorney for the Justice Dept. during JFK's administration and guaranteed the fight.
BrjVe TIL For the movie Star Wars, the sound designer for the Stormtrooper's blasters came up with the sound of the blaster during a family backpacking trip. He hit the guy-wire of an AM radio transmitter tower with a hammer and recorded the sound with a microphone close to the impact.
6EBRJ TIL Robert Redford is the founder of Sundance film festival, and Avengers Endgame is the last time we will see him on screen
gr0O9 TIL that New Hampshire has a coastline
4vL6 TIL in 1963 San Francisco Giants manager Alvin Dark is said to have joked, They’ll put a man on the moon before pitcher Gaylord Perry hits a home run. 1 hour after the 1969 moon landing he hit his first career homerun.