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TIL Bob Odenkirk (Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul) wrote the famous “Matt Foley Motivational Speaker” SNL sketch.

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NAAN TIL that in 2004, Lego changed the color of their grey bricks from brey (higher red content) to bley (higher blue content) in order to appear ‘newer’ in comparison to Megabloks
ANJAa TIL only one American soldier has been executed for desertion since the civil war. Eddie Slovik was executed by firing squad for fleeing after being assigned to a front-line rifle company.
MeOW0 TIL the gender-neutral “they” was used as the 3rd person singular in English until about 1800, when “he” and “she” became widespread to make English more like Latin
4kaLg TIL there was an Australian bushranger in the 1800s named “Captain Thunderbolt”
m7KE TIL in 1980, CNN had a video to sign off with in case of nuclear war