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TIL when the creators of the TV show Sledge Hammer! learned it would be cancelled, they had the main character fail to disarm a nuclear warhead, destroying San Francisco. The episode got such good ratings that ABC renewed it, so the second season had to be a prequel since the entire cast was dead.

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VMVkk TIL of Charles "Charlie" Brown, a B-17F (Ye Olde Pub) pilot in WWII, and Franz Stigler, a BF 109 Messerschmitt pilot, who had escorted Ye Olde Pub out of German airspace.
16Rg4 TIL about Dr. Samuel Mudd Sr., an American physician who rendered aid to John Wilkes Booth after President Lincoln's assassination and then covered up Booth's location when questioned by authorities. Mudd was convicted of conspiring to assassinate the president but avoided execution by one vote.
x68RB TIL the "Memory of the World (MoW) Programme" is an international initiative launched to safeguard the documentary heritage of humanity against collective amnesia, neglect, decay over time and climatic conditions, as well as deliberate destruction
R75ba TIL the inventor of the Pringles can had his ashes buried in one.
KO4g9 TIL the United Kingdom hasn't really required people to pay for bail since 1898. This was to help reduce the number of people remanded in custody simply because they were poor. Nowadays, bail is automatically given unless said person has a risk of absconding or is a risk to the public.