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TIL Jim Morrison was a vocal advocate for overweight people

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JYGY8 TIL Why blueprints are blue. In the mid 1800's, a photo chemical process was developed that enabled copying documents. The blueprinting process deposits blue ferric ferrocyanide in areas that were blank in the original document. Thus, the copy consists of white lines on a blue background.
Zv0p TIL that Blue whales are among the loudest animals on the planet, and might hear each other up to 1,000 miles away.
mxVKO TIL that comedian Rodney Dangerfield's tombstone bears the inscription "There goes the neighborhood."
Z8pkp TIL that by law, no United States officer can outrank George Washington. He was posthumously promoted to Six-Star General in 1976.
KJ5R TIL James Buchanan Duke is credited as the inventor of the cigarette, made billions, and Duke University is named in his honor.