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TIL when South Park parodied Family Guy in the 2010 two-part episode ‘Cartoon Wars’, The Simpsons writing staff sent them flowers

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5YNO8 TIL the Apollo 11 crew had to fill out a US customs form after returning from the moon
x6p9w TIL Homer Simpson is Canadian. In 2003, Matt Groening revealed that his father, after whom Homer was named, was Canadian, and said that this made Homer himself a Canadian.
b9e1j TIL - Canadian researchers have discovered a new kind of organism that's so different from other living things that it doesn't fit into the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom, or any other kingdom used to classify known organisms.
4akX TIL that knots as a unit of measuring speed came ships throwing overboard a line with a board attached and counting how many knots passed through their fingers in 30 seconds.
691DW TIL crows can report on what they've seen, and change how they report it based on how they are asked to do so.