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TIL that CBS used to run so many rural-themed TV shows that they were mocked as the “Country Broadcasting System.” To attract a more lucrative audience, after the 1970-71 season they enacted the “rural purge,” canceling many popular rural-themed series and long-running variety shows.

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xWWk TIL the family of the late Paul Newman was forced off the board of the Newman’s Own charitable food company by Robert Forrester, who has since raised his own salary as CEO by 50%
D1MJj TIL there is a memorial to the ten men and women killed by the Beltway Snipers in the Washington DC area in 2002. I grew up in Aspen Hill and currently live just a few miles from where several of the victims were killed on October 3rd of that year. I found the memorial totally by accident today
b6n80 TIL of Dr Jack Matthews who was not only a doctor, a top level rugby player and a glider pilot during WW2, but he also fought Rocky Marciano to a draw in amateur boxing.
7mEb TIL 19 year old Zachary Anderson was charged as a sex offender and placed on the sex offender registry after hooking up with a younger girl who lied and said she was 17. He received jail time and will remain on the registry for 25 years.
78JdX TIL about the Great Disappointment. It was the reaction that followed Baptist preacher William Miller's proclamation that Jesus Christ would return to the Earth by 1844, which he called the Second Advent. When Jesus did not appear by 22 October 1844, Miller and his followers were disappointed