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TIL that Bugs Bunny inadvertently transformed the word nimrod into a synonym for idiot because nobody understood his joke comparing Elmer Fudd to the Biblical figure Nimrod Aka A Great Hunter.

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X0YrD TIL about the Council of Revision (1777-1821), which was a legal body in NYS made up of the Governor, the Chancery Court Chancellor, and Supreme Court Justices. It reviewed all laws made by the legislature, and could veto them, if not overturned by 2/3rds majority.
0w4gy TIL when South Australia voted to give women the vote, the bill was amended by the opposition to also give women the right to run for parliament. They thought this was too preposterous to pass, but it did and it was the first place in the world to do so.
j67Ov TIL the president of NBC at the time tried to persuade the creator of Family Ties to replace Michael J. Fox. He said "that’s not a face you’re going to see on a lunchbox". Fox later had a lunchbox made with his picture on it and sent it to the exec with a note, "this is for you to put your crow in".
awwWb TIL a years-long feud between Nirvana and Guns N’ Roses ended after Kurt Cobain’s suicide, largely because GN’R bassist Duff McKagan was one of the last people to see Cobain alive. They happened to sit next to each other on a flight to Seattle and made friendly conversation about “going home.”
XElXj TIL Rüppell's vulture is considered to be the highest-flying bird, with confirmed evidence of a flight at an altitude of 11,300 m above sea level, when it collided with a plane.