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TIL The Onion was founded by Seann William Scott’s brother

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9YEVQ TIL octopuses are anti-social towards other octopuses by nature, but when given MDMA they’re much more friendly and try to “hug” each other
61XZ TIL in 1997, there was an episode of Goosebumps called “Click.” In it, a kid gets a universal remote, uses it to pause his sister, change the color of his fish, fast forward through time, etc. 9 years later, Adam Sandler starred in a movie of the same name with a similar premise.
awlv9 TIL that in 1967 legendary animator Bill Plympton met, and was influenced by, the work of cartoonist Homer Groening, father of 'Simpsons' creator Matt Groening, a whole 20 years before the first 'Simpsons' cartoons aired
BrGlD TIL that the term “Green Thumb” comes from the fact that algae growing on the outside of earthenware pots will stain a person's thumb (and fingers) if he or she handles enough pots. Hence, a person who is always working with flowerpots has a green thumb
xk15 TIL “disc” and “disk” are two distinct terms with different meanings (discs are optical media, disks are magnetic media)