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TIL In 2013, Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy, contributed a collection of Carl Sagan's personal documents to the Library of Congress. Sagan was a source of childhood inspiration for MacFarlane, which prompted MacFarlane's involvement in the Cosmos revival in 2014 and upcoming documentary

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vP0JB TIL a Golden Arm is a craps player who has rolled for 60+ minutes without losing (rolling a 7). It was created in 1989 after a man rolled 118x over 3 hours 6 min without a 7. The casino lost more than $1m while the roller won $30K. In 2009, a woman rolled 154x over 4 hours 18 min to set the record.
0wlOv TIL Netherlands is so safe that jails are being closed due to the lack of criminals.
d8O6K TIL of the "King of All Boomboxes", the JVC RC-M90, which was produced in 1981. LL Cool J and The Beastie Boys made this boombox famous by including it on their album covers. The competitive environment to obtain one is so fierce among collectors that prices are very high and there's much bickering.
OoPp1 TIL that dodo birds "could run quite fast" and were "agile and manoeuvrable." The popular image of obese, clumsy dodos probably comes from being overfed in captivity.
x6Vmg TIL - Hummel figurines were based on the paintings of Berta Hummel, later known as Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel. Early in life she enrolled in Munich’s famed State School of Applied Arts n art history, life drawing, watercolor and oil painting, and textile design graduating top of her class.