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TIL there were two David S Cohen’s on the production of Futurama so the co-creator changed his name to David X Cohen because the Writer’s Guild prevents two people of the same name working on the same production.

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X6yX TIL that Hitler planned to rebuild Berlin after the war into a neo-roman cosmopolitan city. One state building, the Volkeshalle was to be so massive, that it could rain inside during events due to 150K peoples’ perspiration and breath.
NWoJ TIL wearing sunglasses makes you more susceptible to becoming sunburned. Sunlight stimulates the optic nerve and warns the pituitary glad. This results in the release melanocyte stimulating protein in an attempt to prevent burns
dNmd TIL The UK has 4 nuclear submarines as a nuclear deterrent, each has an identical “letter of last resort”. These letters contain orders from the current PM should the government collapse due to nuclear attack. The PM has only four options to choose and they’re destroyed unopened upon a new PM.
BrYPr TIL that the 1989 rap album: As Nasty As They Wanna Be, resulted in a court case where the federal government wanted to censor the music on the album due to its obscenity, had they won, the precedent set would have made Hip-Hop artists lose the right to their freedom of speech.
DApj TIL the exhibition team that travels with Harlem Globetrotters actually won, once. “The Globetrotters lost track of the game and the score. Down 12 points with two minutes left to go. Forced to play normal basketball, they rallied but could not recover […] The crowd was dumbfounded.”