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TIL that the producers of MASH didn’t want a laugh track, their argument being that there wasn’t a laugh track on the actual Korean War.

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wvjE TIL the “Stupid Motorist Law” is a law in the U.S. State of Arizona that states that any motorist who becomes stranded after driving around barricades to enter a flooded stretch of roadway may be charged for the cost of their rescue.
XEoRk TIL the insult of calling liberals "bleeding hearts" was first coined by a columnist who disapproved of politicians trying to stop lynchings
Me0Ym TIL that the Mary in "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was a real person. Her name was Mary Sawyer, and she brought a lamb to her school, where it was seen by John Roulstone, who wrote the basis for the nursery rhyme.
xVAaw TIL of Dancing Mania, also known as dancing plague, St. John's Dance or St. Vitus's Dance. This was a social phenomenon that occurred primarily in mainland Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries. It involved groups of people dancing erratically, sometimes thousands at a time.
D198D TIL that by seeing Noah's nakedness, Ham didn't just commit the crime of looking at his father's genitals, but scholars say he sodomized his father. Which explains the severity of the curse to him.