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TIL that in 2013 "The Looney Tunes Show" established that "Yosemite Sam's" full name is Samuel Michelangelo Rosenbaum.

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dXo9 TIL the world was ending in 1806 because someone wrote “Christ is coming” on eggs and stuffed them back into the hen.
BrraK TIL that before whistles were introduced, hockey referees used a cowbell. They had to switch to whistles when fans started bringing their own cowbells to disrupt game play.
edvg TIL that Google Maps calculates traffic by tracking how fast Android devices are moving on the road.
R7oX9 TIL in Jan 2011, a pilot mistook Venus for an oncoming aircraft and sent his plane into an emergency dive to avoid a midair collision.
y47J TIL James Gunn has created a “Groot version” of the script for both Guardians of the Galaxy films, which is given to Vin Diesel. It includes dialogue for Groot which clarifies what he is attempting to get across each time he says his catchphrase