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TIL The Simpsons crew sent flowers to South Park studios when South Park parodied Family Guy.

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5YBNB TIL the wheels of a train are actually called train wheels / rail wheels :o
9n9G TIL instead of having captured Somali pirates stand trial, Russia has begun releasing them. They place them in an inflatable boat back in the ocean from whence they came, without navigational equipment. Effectively condemning them to death.
xVWx1 TIL Some of the early Titanic lifeboats were launched half-full because many passengers preferred to stay on the warm ship, assuming that nearby ocean liners would rescue them in time.
b6VJp TIL A man named Cincinnatus was given absolute power to save Rome from an invasion; he did so in just 16 days, then immediately resigned and went back to his farm.
Lkv5v TIL that in the 1980s there was a persistent rumour in the UK that McDonald's was funding the Irish Republican Army. This was ultimately traced back to a U.S. talkshow where the company was praised for its generosity in funding Individual Retirement Accounts