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TIL Danny Devito did the voice of the Lorax in English, German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian

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veXL TIL the US Air Force developed a top-secret plan to detonate a nuclear bomb on the moon as a display of military might at the height of the Cold War. The mathematical modelling for the explosion was done by Carl Sagan.
nWk1r TIL that in response to "Brown vs Board of Education", the State of Georgia passed legislation to close de-segregated public schools, to abolish attendance requirements for desegregated schools, and to fund the establishment of white-only 'private schools' in their place.
OG0G1 TIL there are cells in the pancreas called the "Islets of Langerhans"
ZrQD TIL that the in Japan there is an underwater mailbox. Up to 1500 letters are dropped here by divers each year.
R7m07 TIL Guillotine earrings were popular among the rich during France’s reign of terror