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TIL the TV special “Australia’s Naughtiest Home Videos” was cancelled while it was still airing when the network’s owner called the studio and told them “Get that shit off the air!”

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Meg5V TIL that despite the 1979 accident at Three Mile Island power plant, one reactor is still producing power and is licensed to operate through the year 2034.
kO7oB TIL that the electronic song "Scary Monsters and Nice Spirtes" by Skrillex is effective in delaying host attack, blood-feeding, and disrupting the mating process of the yellow fever mosquito.
a8bBN TIL that the Apollo astronauts left retroreflectors on the Moon in 1969 that still allow scientists to measure the Earth-Moon distance with lasers to within a few millimeters.
ROGQ TIL that the recurrent laryngeal nerve in Giraffes is often cited as evidence of evolution, as opposed to the “intelligent design” from God. The lengthy 15 foot nerve takes an inefficient, circuitous route; It exits the brain, goes down and around the heart, then back up to the Giraffe’s voicebox.
b6PM7 TIL 30 years ago, Keanu Reeves turned down a $6M offer to star in the movie Heat to perform Hamlet on stage in Winnipeg, Manitoba for $1000 a week