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TIL Chevy Chase dropped the n-word on the set of Community.

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j9ra TIL In 1986 Bethesda created their first PC title, a football game with advanced physics. EA approached Bethesda for the source code for their own franchise John Madden Football in return for publishing future Bethesda titles but mysteriously backed out of the deal after they received said code.
wopx1 TIL that in 1671, a man named François Vatel was in charge of a 2000-person banquet to be held in the honor of Louis XIV. Vatel became distraught after a delivery of seafood was late, driving him to take his own life by running himself through his sword.
78ObP TIL Franken Berry Cereal caused a boy to be hospitalized for days due to the dye causing pink poop which led to worries of rectal bleeding.
X0eQX TIL Sweden and Norway has its own definition of a mile, being 10 kilometers. As a swede i always thought that this was the standard in the whole world except The US.
OGnJL TIL four stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame have been stolen. James Stewart and Kirk Douglas had their stars stolen but were recovered, and Gregory Peck and one of Gene Autry’s five stars were stolen but were never recovered. Each star weighs about 300 lbs.