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TIL Mork & Mindy scripts were shorter than most because of Robin Williams' improv. Sections would be notated with "Robin will do something here"

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PMaL TIL that the Polish Beer-Lovers Party won 360,000+ votes in Poland’s first free and fair election, in 1991, winning 16 seats in the lower house (Sejm).
9wlVG TIL that even though Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor had married and divorced TWICE, she still considered him the love of his life. He must of felt the same way because days before his death he sent her a letter asking for a reconciliation. 24 years later she was buried with the letter.
mx8wR TIL the flag of Hawaii has the Union Jack in it, despite never being part of the British Empire. It was put there by King Kamehameha as a symbol of friendship after being presented the British flag by Captain George Vancouver
JY8d8 TIL It is only called an acronym when you pronounce the abbreviation as a real word (ex. NASA), otherwise it's known as an initialism (ex. FBI)
e8vD TIL the theme song for Futurama is based on the 1967 French electronic song “Psyché Rock.”