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TIL Winston Churchill was the 3rd great grandson of a Major in the Revolutionary War.

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yVNlJ TIL Rhapsody Rabbit--directed by Friz Freleng and featuring Bugs Bunny--was the first cartoon to be broadcast on Cartoon Network when the channel launched on October 1, 1992 and features Bugs shooting a concertgoer for coughing
Eg5eW TIL Al Qaeda called out Iran for peddling 9/11 conspiracy theories.
JYkM8 TIL in 2005 a Swedish ISP was sued by an anti-piracy group (supported by Paramount, EMI, and Sony) for copyright infringement. An internal investigation revealed that the incriminating material had been planted by insiders hired by the anti-piracy group. A deal was struck and the case was dropped.
QJ7EX TIL Roosevelt Franklin, the first “black” muppet, a major character who was phased out after complaints that he was too black and not black enough.
jNdjn TIL George Stathakis went down Niagara Falls in a barrel. However, the barrel got stuck behind a curtain of water and he could not be recovered for 18 hours. He only had air supply for eight hours and died of suffocation. Stathakis went down with his 150 year old turtle, which survived the ordeal.