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TIL: Rock band Limp Bizkit played on the World Trade Center and received a Thank You letter from the WTC on Sept 10, 2001.

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LkEGr TIL the FCC prohibits the phrase "Jesus Christ" from being said on network TV as an exclamation/expletive; you can say "Jesus", you can say "Christ", but you can't say "Jesus Christ" unless he's literally on screen as the man from the Bible. The term "goddamn it" is also banned from U.S. network TV.
wAgM TIL David Phillips paid just over $3000 for pudding to receive 1.25 million frequent flyer miles. He also received $800 back in tax deductions for donating most of the puddings to charity.
wowgP TIL Ted Bundy was involved in the capture of the Green River Killer by working with the FBI
aJnL TIL that scientists created the first synthetic living cell in 2010; they called it “Synthia.”
Y7yNG TIL that Oghul Qaimish was regent of the Mongol Empire between Guyuk Khan's death in 1248 and the accession of Möngke Khan in 1251. Her personal name, of Turkic origin, meant "[We] Were Searching for a Boy", reflecting her parents' presumed frustration at their lack of a male child.