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TIL Denver, CO has the nickname Menver because there’s so many more men than women for dating

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R78l9 TIL that many PBS stations across the US switched to all children's programming after the September 11th attacks in order to "provide children a safe harbor from continuous news coverage of the attacks."
68AJ TIL of Burning Log, a Canadian TV show that is nothing but an uninterrupted loop of logs burning in a fire. It only airs around Christmastime and is a critical and ratings success.
GY9oE Today I learned that the Original Olympic Flag was stolen by an American Diver on a dare then kept by him for 80 years.
9wBgG TIL a doctor poisoned his mom's boyfriend, while disguised as a nurse administering a fake booster shot, because his mom put him in her will. The doctor likely injected him with iodomethane, a pesticide which caused him to get necrotising fasciitis. However, he did survive the ordeal.
yQn1M TIL: The record for most Oscars won by an individual belongs to Walt Disney with 22 wins.