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TIL Batman: The Animated Series was ranked by IGN as being the second best animated series ever, behind only The Simpsons

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pYe9p TIL that six actors of "The Brady Bunch" reprised their roles for an extended dream sequence in a 1989 episode of the sitcom "Day By Day" and a main actor in "Day By Day" went on to play Greg Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel.
lLlA TIL that the original EverQuest game made a server called Discord. It was a pvp permadeath full loot server with prizes going to the first few players to hit level 50. The devs openly allowed cheats as well. It was a honeypot server to study cheats and then ban the exploiters after.
LQpVQ TIL that the architect Erno Goldfinger threatened to sue Ian Fleming over his name being used for the novel. Fleming responded that he might then, accidentally let the name slip to Goldprick here and there in the book.
awYWJ TIL that the largest organism on Earth known to man is a fungus which is thousands of years old, in Oregon.
e0vWL TIL that New York is not named after the English city York, but named after James II (James VII in Scotland) who was the then Duke of York.