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TIL George Carlin is the Only Comedian in U.S. History to Have A Supreme Court Case Heard About One of His Routines

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8eB0Z TIL in 1980s, there was an anonymous leaflet that listed a group of food additives as carcinogens. It was widely circulated and caused a mass panic in Europe.
p8A7p TIL in 2009 2nd baseman Eric Bruntlett made errors on back-to-back pitches putting runners on 1st & 2nd. He then made an unassisted triple play to end the game
QNgmM TIL in 1989, the US pursued Panama dictator Manuel Noriega and tried to make him surrender by loudly playing hit songs such as "Welcome to the Jungle," "Panama," and "Never Gonna Give You Up" in front of the embassy Noriega was staying in.
w41P TIL ‘The Villages", An over-55 community, has the highest consumption of draft beer and STD rate in the state of Florida
0dmMN TIL when Pope Francis announced his visit to Belgium in 2023, residents of Father Damien's birth town were upset they weren't included in his visit because 30 years prior, Pope John-Paul II promised to visit them but cancelled last minute after he broke his femur by slipping in the papal bathtub.