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TIL - Monty Python’s “Dead parrot sketch” has its roots in the oldest book of humor known: Philogelos, written in the 4th century…

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9YGQQ TIL Kermit the frog first appeared on a show circa 1955 called Sam and Friends.
41mb TIL in 2012, inmates working in a Vermont prison print shop altered the official Vermont Police Crest to include the hidden image of a pig. The altered decals adorned 30 police cruisers for a year before anybody noticed.
m7QM TIL that East Germany created its own cola drink. Vita-Cola’s sales almost disappeared after the fall of the Berlin Wall brought Coke and Pepsi into the East. It is still the most popular cola in Thuringia, making the German state one of the few places in the world where Coca-Cola is not the leader.
4k8R TIL Suge Knight’s girlfriend who was about to testify against him disappeared and hasn’t been found since 2008. When all charges were cleared Suge Knight said “God is good, Happy Holidays”
woZ9J TIL Preston Sturges sold the story of his debut as a director, The Great McGinty (1940) to Paramount pictures for $10, on the condition that he would direct his own screenplay for the first time.