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TIL South Park was originally envisioned as "Archie Bunker as an 8 year old"

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AgoB TIL that MIT developed a computer software that can identify and distinguish a real smile from a smile of frustration.
rgnx TIL doctors from UCLA found unique blood cells that can help fight infections in a man from Seattle’s spleen, so they stole the cells from his body and developed it into medicine without paying him, getting his consent, or even letting him know they were doing it.
dp49 TIL of Black Jack, the riderless horse who participated in over 1,000 Full Honors US Military Funerals, including JFK’s. He is one of two horses to be buried with Full Military Honors himself, the other being Comanche, General Custer’s horse.
dKoj TIL that after the broadcast of a documentary about the secret formula of Coca Cola, the brand cancelled ALL future commercials on French public TV, resulting in a revenue loss of millions of euros
neDNo TIL Alice Coachmen was the first black woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games in the high jump competition. She was also the first African-American woman selected to the US Olympic Team.