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

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xY4k TIL the man who killed President McKinley, often dismissed as a mentally disturbed anarchist, did it in part due to US policies in the Philippines at the time, which though nearly forgotten today, resulted in the deaths of 200k-250k civilians and over 5,000 US troops
VB48p TIL that Roland Ratzenberger was supposed to drive for Toyota at the 1994 24 hours of Le Mans. He died before the race in separate fatal crashes, but Toyota still kept his names on the car he was supposed to drive, which finished 2nd overall.
XZQk TIL the Ginger Gold apple was an inadvertent result of Hurricane Camilla in 1969.
9YAOQ TIL that in June 2012, Customs and Border Protection held two Seattle men for two and a half hours after discovering six Kinder Surprise eggs in their car upon returning to the US from a trip to Vancouver. A border guard quoted the potential fine as US $2,500 per egg.
rNkGo TIL in the original script to Rocky V, Rocky is so beaten from his fight with Tommy that he places his head on Adrian’s lap while on the way to the hospital and dies. Stallone apparently wept when he wrote that scene.