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TIL Noah Webster wanted “women” spelled like “wimmen” and “tongue” spelled like “tung”.

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0dvAA TIL "Union Pacific" retroactively won the first Palme d'Or. It was awarded by a jury in 2002, from a selection of films originally in competition at the cancelled 1939 Cannes Festival.
4XdJa Today I Learned Elvis Presley asked President Nixon for a DEA badge because he believed ‘With the federal narcotics badge, he could legally enter any country both wearing guns and carrying any drugs he wished’.
KOeP6 TIL there is an organisation responsible for maintaining global time standards, and they occasionally apply a "leap second" to Universal Standard Time
pk8 TIL that Apollo 11 carried pieces of the Wright Brothers’ plane to the moon in 1969 - just 66 years after the world’s first powered flight.
7rxDp TIL that a cup of coffee should be 57.8 °C while drinking to minimize hazards and maximize flavour