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TIL despite being the oldest of the 'golden girls', Betty White has outlived her co-stars

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0dpAR TIL In 1983 heavy metal fan and author Stephen King was so annoyed when the local radio station changed its rock format that be bought the station to switch back to play what he wanted
ne6lr TIL French Guiana situated in South America and bordered by Brazil and Suriname is, in fact, an overseas territory of France and therefore part of the European Union and uses the Euro as it's currency.
8a1PG TIL during WWII, Girl Scouts couldn't sell cookies because many of the ingredients needed were being rationed to the military. In light of this some of them sold Girl Scout calendars, or collected and sold scrap metal.
l79O7 TIL about Ganser Syndrome, a.k.a. Nonsense Syndrome, wherein people dissociate and give wrong, yet almost correct, answers to questions (i.e. 3+3=7/Dogs have five legs, etc.) whilst in a fugue state, and psychologists aren't sure if it is a facticious disorder or a dissociative disorder.
ojQ8 TIL of the Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure, the government’s official collection of hilarious and unethical abuses of resources by employees (direct link in comments)