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TIL that the United States Department of Energy thought it necessary to post a list of things about the nuclear power plant in The Simpsons that doesn't reflect real life

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OoZBX TIL that "it was a dark and stormy night," a catchphrase that has become shorthand for bad writing, comes from the opening line of the 1830 novel "Paul Clifford" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. The phrase was first used in print by Washington Irving in his 1809 "A History of New York."
rkld TIL that Alice Walton, heir to the Wal-Mart fortune and one of the richest people in the world, has had a history of reckless collisions. Her latest DWI arrest was expunged after the Texas trooper who arrested her was mysteriously suspended, and the statute of limitations was allowed to expire.
8aojK TIL that in 1927, despite having roots in Chicago and not being well-traveled, some very talented basketball players -- members of a team that would eventually play more than 26,000 games in 124 countries and territories -- were deemed the Harlem Globetrotters.
5Oop TIL that our universe may be inside a larger universe
R7G87 TIL A Finnish serial killer has been released multiple times despite murdering a 12 year old and assaulting several victims everytime he has been paroled