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TIL Cartman killed his own dad. Scott Tenorman’s dad, Jack Tenorman, was Eric Cartman’s real father.

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gMgb8 TIL that George Clooney was instrumental in developing the Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP), which monitors African conflict regions and provides early warning for potential atrocities.
9YBRQ TIL Noam Chomsky considers himself a libertarian socialist, a term which replaced the modern (19th century) form of anarchism. As opposed to common conceptions of anarchists promoting chaos, this is an ideology which embraces anti-capitalist as well as anti-government views.
d8dA8 TIL in 1991, actor Charlie Sheen watched the 1985 film Flower of Flesh and Blood and became convinced he was watching actual homicides and contacted the FBI. The Bureau initiated an investigation but closed it after the producers showed how they did it with special effects.
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