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TIL There is a chemotherapy drug that erases your finger prints as a side effect

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W7jMo TIL that a small area of Los Angeles shares Beverly Hills' 90210 zip code. Called Beverly Hills Post Office, the neighborhood's property values benefit from association with the famous city. Don't have any emergencies, though; ambulances get confused by the border.
1ZPV TIL Johnny Weissmuller, famous for his role as Tarzan, was playing golf in Cuba during the Revolution when he was surrounded by a group of rebels. He immediately gave his trademark Tarzan yell. The soldiers recognized it and were so delighted to meet… Tarzan that they escorted him to a safe area.
Lk6r0 TIL that the United States Airforce maintains a fleet of Boeing E4-B “Doomsday” planes. They are capable of being airborne for a week, costs nearly $160,000 per hour for the Air Force to operate, and have a 5 mile long trailing wire antenna to communicate with nuclear subs.
YpP7W TIL in May 1980, after blood tests found a significant portion of Love Canal residents suffered chromosome damage from toxic waste buried under their homes, homeowners, upset over lack of federal action, held two EPA officials hostage. This action spurred the federal Superfund program to be passed.
v1Vnj TIL the reason the film Selma didn't use MLK's actual speeches is because Steven Spielberg has the sole film rights to all of MLK's speeches in 2009. Ava DuVernay wrote speeches that were plausible, but different enough to avoid a copyright battle.