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TIL Penn Jillette said in an interview that a big part of Penn & Teller’s success and longevity is due to their never having been close friends

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eOmn TIL: Squirrels cause seventeen percent of fiber optic cable cuts
9ZgM TIL that during Jim Henson’s memorial service, at his request, no one wore black and each guest waved butterfly puppets. At the end, 6 of the Muppet performers joined on the stage and sang, in their characters voices, a medley of Jim’s favorite songs. They finished with the song, “Just One Person”.
E1kyw TIL of the Folk Nation, a gang alliance created in 1978 in the Illinois Department of Corrections. The alliance is now found nationally, and their main rival is the People Nation, another alliance from 1970s Chicago.
rRnNW TIL about Manuel Herrick, the first (and only) man elected to the US Congress after: 1) being raised to believe that he is the Second coming of Jesus Christ; and 2) being arrested for robbing a train, being declared insane at the resulting trial, and being sent to a mental asylum.
jRKN TIL that poor people are more generous than the wealthy