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TIL Through 1970 to 1971 TV networks cancelled some of their most popular and profitable shows including Green Acres, Lassie, Hee-Haw and The Beverly Hillbillies in what is often referred to as The Rural Purge.

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15Dr TIL there is an old, famous Chinese tale that details the life of the Monkey King, a very powerful boy that is half monkey, can transform to become stronger, and rides around on a cloud with his staff helping people. His name is Sun Wu-Kong or, when translated to Japanese, Son Goku.
N7kOb TIL despite our thinking of the Big Bang as the universe’s “let there be light” moment, light did not exist until 240,000-300,000 years later.
ADQpB TIL of Rube Waddell, an early 1900s baseball pitcher that would leave mid game to go fishing and would get distracted when opposing fans held up puppies or shiny objects.
E1KZx TIL that Howard Ashman, the lyricist for Disney's The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast, was a gay man who passed away due to AIDS-related complications before the latter came out. His perspective on being a gay man directly affected both of the aforementioned movies via characters and tropes
XBaD TIL in the song “Misunderstood”, John Petrucci wrote and played the guitar solo, and then reversed it. He then learned how to play this reversed version, and after recording it, reversed it once more. This resulted in a solo like the original but with a unique twist to the way the notes sounded.