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TIL that George Takei respectfully declined an offer to voice himself in the Simpsons episode Marge vs. the Monorail because he didn't want to ridicule public transportation.

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BX9y TIL junk mail companies are charged more money if you send their mail back.
dyLE TIL Congo’s president Mobutu publicly stated that “It’s okay to steal a little”, which was consistent with the national mentality that whatever the country had was also yours, as long it is just a little.
NYdE TIL July 2nd is the exact middle of a non leap year, 182 days both before and after today.
x65bw TIL microwave technology has barely evolved in the past few decades, and most countertop microwaves sold in the US are manufactured by just one company, Midea.
lowjV TIL of V Gordon Childe. Considered the most academically influential archaeologist of the 20th Century, Childe feared growing old so much that he threw himself off a cliff at the age of 65.