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TIL a child that was Bart’s age when The Simpson’s first premiered would now be the same age as Homer.

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9YmLM TIL that while chicken is the most slaughtered animal in the world, the #2 spot is held by ducks. Rabbits are #4 and Cattle is all the way in ninth place.
Mya7 TIL Hiram Maxim, the inventor of the fully automatic machine gun, once received the advice “ If you want to make a pile of money, invent something that will enable these Europeans to cut each others` throats with greater facility.”
8XxZ TIL that the dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a ‘nurdle’
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