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TIL that Roger Ebert, Weird Al Yankovic, Jerry Seinfeld, Terry Gillam, and Dave Gibbons (the author of Watchmen), among others, all give credit to MAD Magazine for the reason they're in their respective careers and for being one of the largest influences on them.

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ne0RY TIL about SOLO-TREC, a submarine that NASA invented that can basically generate infinite energy.
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