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TIL Phrases like 'Abso-fuckin-lutely' are called expletive infixation

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x6oQB TIL: Mavis Beacon is a fictional character named after the singer Mavis Staples
nBoY TIL in 2004 North Korea demanded that the Czech Republic ban “Team America: World Police” from theaters. The Czech Foreign Minister relied “Obviously, it’s absurd to demand that in a democratic country.”
9YgEB TIL that the reason the New York Mets still pay Bobby Bonilla $1.19 Million every year on July 1st is related to the Bernie Madoff Investment Scandal.
P9BO TIL that the first American civil war reenactors were actually veterans of the war.
VA0Q TIL ‘I’m sorry to have troubled you chaps’ were James Bond creator Ian Fleming’s last words to the EMTs tending to him during his heart attack.