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TIL during a 2006 presidential speech, a CNN reporter’s mic was left on while she was in the bathroom. Portions of her conversation, which included calling her sister-in-law a “control freak” were broadcast on live television.

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e0j95 TIL that the weight of silverware in restaurants impacts how much a customer is willing to pay for their meal
mpDO TIL that Julius Caesar’s body was the subject of the earliest known recorded autopsy. Of the 23 stab wounds recorded, only one was potentially fatal on its own; the physician ruled his death due “mostly to blood loss.”
MAMm TIL there are two versions of the Mona Lisa
J9L8 TIL when the creators of the TV show Sledge Hammer! learned it would be cancelled, they had the main character fail to disarm a nuclear warhead, destroying San Francisco. The episode got such good ratings that ABC renewed it, so the second season had to be a prequel since the entire cast was dead.
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