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TIL John Stewart read every book from the authors he had on The Daily Show.

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XEXZQ TIL Ariana Grande was once caught up in a 'donut-licking scandal' at a Wolfee Donut Shop in California. After salivating on some donuts, she uttered "I hate Americans." The incident was investigated for health code violations. Grande later claimed it was in reference to America's obesity problem.
4Xmwg TIL that electrical outlets have an average lifespan of 15-25 years. You may want to consider replacing your home outlets.
vVoL TIL that Kermit the Frog was implied to be somehow responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In the television special “It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie”, the twin towers were digitally added back into the NYC skyline for the alternate reality where Kermit the Frog had never been born.
lx4V TIL on Titan the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping “wings” attached to their arms.
jNOKE TIL: Big circles of brick set in the pavement of some San Francisco intersections aren't meant as old-timey street decoration. They mark buried emergency water tanks in case the city ever catches fire again. They were put in after The Great Fire of 1906 (the big earthquake then broke water mains).