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TIL with its 26th season, south park passed Arthur to become the second longest running animated series of all time

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OG647 TIL about Don Black, a white supremacist, member of the American Nazi Party, Grand Wizard of the KKK and founder of the neo-nazi, Holocaust denial, homophobic website Stormfront; he was arrested by the ATF in 1981 while attempting a naval invasion and armed overthrow of the government of Dominica
7rXYp TIL the music genre “shoegaze” got its name from British critics mocking the musicians always looking down at their shoes while playing instead of the audience. In reality, the musicians had to focus on the numerous music effect pedals in their playlist.
KOrb4 TIL some species of mayflies are known to molt 45 times or more during their typical one-year lifespan, and are also known as the only insects that molt twice in their winged-adult form, living for only 1 or 2 days to mate and lay eggs. Interestingly, mayflies are unable to breathe while molting.
aYAJ TIL in 1982, someone laced Tylenol capsules on store shelves across Chicago with cyanide, killing seven. While the perpetrator of this crime was never found, it did usher in the development of tamper-proof packaging for over-the-counter drugs, which is now an industry standard.
WVKo TIL A woman has failed her driving test 771 times.