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TIL Roseanne Barr pitched a version of UK series "Absolutely Fabulous" starring Carrie Fisher and Bond villain Barbara Carrera for ABC. According to the network in 1996, "they rejected the show’s original sex-and-drugs-packed script." HBO was also interested, according to Barr's then publicist.

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1a6RX TIL in 1946, the British government attempted to plant 150,000 acres of peanuts in an African colony. After 5 years and nearly £50 million, not only had the project failed, but the land was ruined in the process, leaving it an unusable dust bowl.
neaNP TIL about ablaut reduplication, which is an interesting and necessary rule in the english language that most people are unaware of. This rule pertains to the order in which we say repeated words with changing vowels. E.g saying ding-dong sounds completely normal whereas dong-ding sounds insane.
oBKDW TIL of Project West Ford in Which The US Military Placed 480,000,000 Needles of Copper Into Medium Earth Orbit, In Hopes of Creating an Artificial Ionosphere For Radio
4XGDg TIL that, despite being classified as an yellow star, the Sun is actually white when seen from space. I only appears yellow or orange from us here on Earth because of the atmosphere
M0nb TIL That America has only been at peace for 21 years since 1776.