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Dpvv TIL that there will be a Simpsons/Futurama crossover episode entitled “Simpsorama” that will air in May 2014
eZyk TIL in the U.S. it’s illegal for employers to tell employees not to talk to their co-workers about compensation
j686a TIL a British woman was wrongly convicted of murdering her two sons (born 1996 and 1998) when they really died from SIDS. The little-understood disease caused a jury to believe she smothered them to death. After serving 4 years, she was released in 2003. She died in 2007 from alcohol abuse.
xR5o TIL 4200 year old egyptian texts includes advice such as Shut your pie hole, Eat your vegetables, Don’t have sex with lady-boys, Taking your wife to a restaurant makes her happy, and Actions speak louder than words
b9RPj TIL that the origin of the idiom "Red Herring" was itself a red herring. It was originally stated that red herring were used to help hounds sniff out prey. It's misleading because red herring were actually used to train horses and were only used if there were no dead cats available instead.