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TIL that my band still isn' famous

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xV850 TIL that after Part 1 of "Who Shot Mr. Burns" aired, someone on Usenet correctly guessed the identity of Mr. Burns' killer the same night. However, the producers were unable to contact this person after Part 2 aired, because the person used a college email address that was defunct by that time.
grVN4 TIL that Neil Armstrong manually landed on the moon instead of using the computer's autopilot, and managed to do so with under a minute of fuel left...
85nX TIL that the Indian judicial system does not have juries because of a case in 1959 that was heavily influenced by the public and the media.
oRK5Y TIL that the Comic Sans font was directly inspired by the comics "Watchmen" and "The Dark Knight Returns." It was originally built for a user friendly version of Microsoft, codenamed Bob, and thus the creator used the comics he had on hand as inspiration to make the font appear light-hearted
d8l48 TIL the Leeroy Jenkins video was staged