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TIL Mel Blanc’s characterization of Daffy Duck holds the world record for the longest characterization of one animated character by his or her original actor. 52 years is the record.

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rN4n1 TIL of Truganini, who was long considered to have been the last full-blooded Tasmanian Aborigine, and who lived and died during the brutal colonisation of her land. Her dying wish for her ashes to be scattered in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel was finally honoured in 1976, 100 years after her death.
1RVD TIL due to the popularity of the Beatles song, “Penny Lane” street signs in Liverpool were so often stolen, local authorities got tired of replacing them and began painting the street’s name onto the sides of buildings.
jNlxR TIL Mexico passed a law that requires food packages to display large black octagonal "warnings" if the product is high in sugar, sodium, calories, or unhealthy fats.
XEyR6 TIL The so-called "Dancing Doctor", who filmed "instructional" music videos during surgery had her license suspended for 2 1/2 years in 2018 after several patients were severely scarred (one was brain damaged) and it was discovered that she was a dermatologist and not a board certified surgeon.
mJYv TIL income inequality in the United States fluctuates by region and the region where inequality is the worst is Washington DC.