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TIL Conan O'Brien was expected to become the showrunner for The Simpsons before he was selected as the new Late Night host in 1993

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0d6QR TIL of the "Honey War" of 1839, a bloodless conflict over the border between Missouri and Iowa, sparked by the cutting down of three honey trees.
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