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TIL that Comedy Central only agreed to air the word “shit” uncensored in the South Park episode “It Hits the Fan” (the first South Park to do so) if the word was used an absurdly high number of times. The episode had 200 total shits- 162 spoken, 38 written.

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EAoP TIL cows with personal names like Betsy give 5% more milk than cows with no name or impersonal names like “cow 12345”
oRpY8 TIL that the United States deployed foxes painted in glowing radium-based paint during WW2 to exploit Japanese fears of 'Kitsune', mythical trickster foxes, to help them win the war. Only during testing in Chesapeake Bay did they realise that paint washes off in water.
xjVo TIL Edward and Bella’s relationship in Twilight series meet all 15 criteria set by the National Domestic Violence hotline for being in an abusive relationship.
rRW51 TIL there was a crossover in the 7th season of the Xfiles with COPS and even featured an exclusive intro in the COPS style featuring Mulder and Skully
emJJ TIL that the ex Canadian Defense Minister believes that there are at least 4 species of aliens that have been visiting earth for 1000’s of years, and they are concerned about our use of atomic weapons, among other things.