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TIL that Scruffy, the lovable janitor from Futurama, was a zombie.

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EgVRW TIL During his 2009 TED talk, Bill Gates opened a jar of mosquitoes and let them fly around, saying, “Malaria is spread by mosquitoes. I brought some… I’ll let them roam around. There is no reason only poor people should be infected.” He then revealed the mosquitoes were malaria-free.
dDeP7 TIL the backslash () isn't considered a punctuation mark - only the forward slash (/) is.
N7BKJ TIL there is a difference between a road and a street. A road connects two different places or towns, whereas a street is a small public road that is well within a city or town.
pBLG TIL that many films/TV shows, including Gremlins, Desperate Housewives, The Munsters, Beethoven, Deep Impact, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer, as well as music videos by The Offspring and P. Diddy, were all filmed at the same backlot street set at Universal Studios Hollywood, using the same houses.
mxo8R TIL Also known as Black Death, Henry Johnson was an African American hero. Despite being stabbed, shot, and hit with grenade shrapnel totaling 21 severe injuries, he managed to kill/injure 24 German soldiers and rescued a member of his unit.