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TIL Make Love Not Warcraft from South Park almost caused Trey Parker to lose it because he thought it was so remarkably bad, but it ended up to be regarded as one of the best South Park episodes ever created.

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69AdW TIL someone patented a brass monkey arranged so that, when it got cold enough, its balls would freeze off
1aE58 TIL that in 2017, church leaders in Papua New Guinea were concerned by a report that the Governor-General had been requested to sign 666 writs for an upcoming election. They were reassured by the Electoral Commissioner that the number merely reflected 6 copies of each writ for 111 electorates
7opp TIL in 1999, James Saville was arrested and charged with plotting to kill Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio with a pipe bomb. Saville was acquitted four years later when it was discovered that Arpaio’s detectives had purchased the bomb parts themselves and framed Saville in a publicity stunt.
8JRX TIL a tax return check is actually money that the government borrowed from you - interest free.
Br8By TIL about Aleksey Maresyev, a pilot who was shot down in Nazi territory, lost the use of his legs, and crawled for eighteen days before returning to Soviet territory. His legs were then amputated. Nevertheless, within a year he was flying again on prosthetic legs.