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TIL Fox News Corporation discussed the possibility of creating a cable channel that would only air the Simpsons.

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Wk0n9 TIL The Archbishop of New Orleans ruled that Alligator meat is classified as fish, so Catholics can eat it on Fridays during Lent.
J1j7Q TIL Humans are a tropical species. Human evolution has produced bodies that were meant to live in hot and humid conditions. Our species is in its infancy as far as cold weather evolution is concerned, and physiologically speaking, our bodies are not supposed to be able to survive there.
69Vvw TIL that Switzerland has legally mandated daily 'quiet hours' and the whole day of Sunday is considered 'quiet time.' You can be cited for doing things like cutting your grass on Sunday.
4kNXN TIL about Confederados- Descendants of Southerners who fled to Brazil after the Civil War
QNyKd TIL that Roman philosopher Augustine of Hippo argued that the Biblical Genesis Narrative of God creating the world in seven days was false because the best science of the time suggested that the world was created in one day.