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TIL There is an episode of the children’s show “Arthur” that parodies South Park. Complete with a Kenny equivalent and implied anal probing

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XE5j6 TIL that any day of the year has a 1 in 7 chance of being celebrated as Independence Day from the British. 61 colonies have gained independence from the UK with 52 unique Independence Days.
J1yM4 TIL Bull sharks are euryhaline and can thrive in both salt and fresh water. They are known to travel far up rivers, and have been known to travel up the Mississippi River as far as Alton, Illinois, about 1,100 kilometres (700 mi) from the ocean
1E7r TIL that the alternative history novel “The Man in the High Castle” features a “novel within a novel”. While the actual book is about Nazis winning WWII, the in-book novel is about an alternate universe in which the Nazis lose the war.
XALP TIL there was a woman who was pregnant for 46 years
X0gXP TIL pop singer Lily Allen turned down 200,000 bitcoin to play a show in 2009. At today's value, that would be worth over ten BILLION dollars.