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Today I learned that a 13 year old spotted an incorrect prop in the Al Capone museum exhibit because he casually knows the production timeline of antique radios.

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dDw7K TIL that there is no recorded origin for who created the party horn but the world record for the most people blowing the party horn at the same time is held by 6,091 in Japan on 11/21/2009
dQ0d TIL that Beavis & Butthead are part of the Marvel Comic Universe under the Marvel Absurd banner.
ADpxd TIL of James F. Fixx, who spurred the jogging craze with his best-selling books about running and preached the gospel that active people live longer. He died of a heart attack while on a solitary jog at 52 years old.
5xgk TIL a ‘Nutella Tax’ was proposed by France partly because Palm oil’s production has led to displacing and killing endangered Orangutans
vGpK TIL in 2003 Dave Grohl was on the top of the Billboard Modern Rock chart for 17 of 18 successive weeks, as a member of three different groups