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TIL that the reason the Simpson’s opening sequence is so long is to cut down the weekly animation time (i.e. it’s less work per episode).

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P10QG TIL that 5 of the Top 10 wealthiest counties in the USA are MD/VA suburbs of Washington D.C. where the median income is roughly $134,000
X8d6 TIL: Today I learned that the d-day invasion was supported by 17 million maps. Each training map used fake names for locations and beach names. The d-day plan was the worlds tightest kept secret.
rRpB0 TIL in 1956, the first modern American mall opened-- the Southdale Shopping Center in Edina, Minnesota. Upon touring, architect Frank Lloyd Wright criticized it "had all the evils of the village street and none of its charm... You should have left downtown downtown." History proved Wright wrong.
KOJaa TIL that the UK was caught using a fake rock to spy on Russians
woLa8 TIL that a Wall Street restaurant, The Exchange Buffet, operated on the honour system, where customers would tally their own bills. It ran successfully from 1885 to 1963