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TIL Owen and Luke Wilson's father was the first person to put Monty Python's Flying Circus on TV in America.

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oBX9r TIL that from 1908 until 1940 you could mail-order a build your own house kit from the Sears Catalog. A great many of them still exist today.
QJbGd TIL about the final speech of Romanian dictator Nicolas Ceaușescu: Having forcefully assembled 100.000 workers under threat of being fired on one of Bucharests main squares in order to stage a supportive rally, the crowd soon turned against him, marking the beginning of the end of his dictatorship.
KYkv6 TIL that among the major character Muppets on Sesame Street, Cookie Monster is the only one with five fingers. The other Muppets have four. (Kermit also has five, but he's not dedicated just to Sesame Street.)
VM9Z8 TIL Marlon Brando was expelled from high school for driving a motorcycle in the hallways
OGE4g TIL that fighting off bad spirits is serious business in Romania, and they do it in the coolest way possible—with a bear dance! You guys... every December, people in Comănești wear intricate bear costumes and perform traditional dances to banish evil spirits and welcome in the new year!