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TIL Apu from The Simpsons said “thank you, come again” only eight times during the entire series

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6jYZ TIL that apart from humans, dogs are the only other known species that can understand finger pointing. Not even chimpanzees could manage it in one study.
AOen TIL that DARPA developed an aircraft that reached speeds between Mach 17 and Mach 22
5YP9R TIL “The Princess Bride” director Rob Reiner had the screenplay writer change the last scene from the fairytale characters riding off happily ever after to the grandfather and grandson coming together through the experience of reading the story
j6PWv TIL That in 1941, USS New York opened fire on an object, believing it to be a japanese aircraft. Fire commenced until a navigator realized they were shooting at Venus.
OGxrg TIL In Tudor England, there was a type of criminal called a "baretop trickster". It was a woman who would flash her breasts to lure men into a house. Once the man was inside he would be robbed by the woman’s accomplices.