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TIL Jack Daniels broke his toe kicking his safe because he forgot the combination. He later died from an infection of that broken toe.

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4Xb7g TIL the first mathematical theorem to be created and proven on TV was on Futurama (The Prisoner of Benda). If two people could switch unique pairs of bodies only once, it requires only two extra individuals to return everyone to their original bodies.
4kBrR TIL when a cartoon character pulls something out of a hidden pocket it is referred to as Hammerspace: an imaginary extradimensional, instantly accessible storage area in fiction, which is used to explain how animated, comic, and game characters can produce objects out of thin air.
1aJYr TIL of a Nuclear Weapons Accident that occurred on March 10, 1956. A B-47 Stratojet carrying two plutonium cores was lost over the Mediterranean. Despite an extensive search, the plane and it's cargo was not located and it's fate remains unknown today.
Qkba TIL: The first Gothic Roman Emperor, was a giant, a total badass, and had the most Metal name ever. Maximinius Thrax.
4kmYN TIL that 42 buildings in New York City have their own zip code. It's either because of their size, the money they generate, or the number of people who work in them.