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TIL of Assy McGee, an Adult Swim TV show starring a police detective who was literally just a walking pair of buttcheeks. It ran for two seasons.

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wQZ6 TIL During the “Red Terror” of 1918, Communist secret police in Orel “poured water on naked prisoners bound in the winter streets until they became living ice statues.” In Ukraine, they “rolled people around in barrels studded internally with nails.” Upwards of 1 million people died.
Appo TIL, Lewis Carroll was accused of being a paedophile, after a letter was discovered addressed to 11 year Alice Liddell (possibly your Alice in Wonderland). He also was an avid photographer, who’s whole collection was of little children, often nude. [Childhood ruined]
VkXk TIL Welsh folklore says the corgi is the preferred mount of fairy warriors, and that the breed’s markings were left on its coat by fairy harnesses and saddles.
b6gDN TIL Blaine, Washington's slogan is “Where America Begins” because of its northwest location on the US-Canadian border. Blaine once had the world’s largest salmon cannery located on a spit and it is now a resort complex
wOWJ TIL The Black Death killed half of the current Norweigan population in 1349. Because of this, Norway couldn’t sustain a kingdom and they were soon in a union with Sweden and Denmark.