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TIL Jim Varney the “Ernest P. Worrell” guy was a brilliant Shakespearian actor who played Hamlet.

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E1vYp TIL the term “cage free” for Chickens does not mean the birds are actually cage free or even have access to the outdoors. It simply means their cages are at least 1-1.5 sq ft.
ADVvg TIL That a tomato is simultaneously considered a fruit and a vegetable according to Encyclopedia Brittanica.
W7oRA TIL roughly 1% of static on an analog TV is direct light residue from the Big Bang
QJDdE TIL the word "robot" was coined for a 1920 Czech play about a robot rebellion (which ends poorly for the human race). The word comes from the Czech "robota" meaning "forced labor".
X0NQ TIL that Brazil has a 120% tax on video games because of an old law that classifies all games as gambling…