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TIL the Far Side was so significant in the 80s that when a cartoon was printed which was hard to understand, creator Gary Larsson felt the need to issue a press release expressing his regret & explaining the joke

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kJae7 TIL that James Doohan was 54 when he married 18-year-old Wende Braunberger, who he met when she was 17.
E5Nd TIL that mustard gas led to chemotherapy. During a World War II air raid, German pilots hit an American ship which had a secret stockpile of mustard gas. Doctors noticed that the gas suppressed cell division, which could fight cancer.
6E8Lm TIL Army vet Gregory Holeman needed a ride to the hospital, but his care via the Veteran's Admin. didn't cover a 911 ambulance. He asked his sister to call a social worker but she misdialed and Jimmy John's answered; so JJ delivery driver Zack Hillmer (a U.S. Navy vet) drove him to the hospital.
ZpKXv TIL The “Texas Triangle”— composed of the Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and Austin metro areas — holds 68% of the state’s 30.3 million residents
kO0d5 TIL that Afghanistan had no national anthem under Taliban's rule because music was outlawed.