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TIL Donald Duck referred to a chemical compound 20 years before it was discovered by science.

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MeEbB TIL if you are being questioned by authorities in the US and you choose to remain silent in response to a specific question, that silence may itself be construed as evidence of guilt, unless you specifically state that you're invoking your right to remain silent under the 5th Amendment.
v1NlK Today I learned the late, great voiceover god Peter Thomas of Forensic Files and numerous documentaries provided the voice of Philips brand Automated External Defibrillators. He said that Philips "wanted a voice that wouldn't scare people." Clearly they never watched Forensic Files alone at 3 AM!
9djD TIL the Darlington Raceway aka “The Track Too Tough to Tame” is asymmetrical not becuase it makes racing on it more challenging, but because a local refused to move his minnow pond out of the way
OovEa TIL In Titanic, director James Cameron was the one who drew the charcoal drawing of Rose. Since he's left-handed and DiCaprio is a righty, the close-up drawing footage was flipped in post to make the artist right-handed.
84EL TIL the belief that water rotates in opposite directions in the northern and southern hemisphere is largely a misconception