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TIL that bimonthly means “twice a month” AND “every other month”.

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N7E5M TIL about Bulgarias Abandoned Disabled children who suffered so much neglect and even died at these types of orphanages so heart breaking
4glg TIL Space Ghost Coast to Coast was the show that launched the late night television block we know today as Adult Swim on Cartoon Network.
x68Pg TIL Cyndi Lauper sang a parody of her 1985 song "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" for the Bob's Burger's Season 2 premiere which aired in 2012. The episode is a parody of The Goonies. She said, "My son really wanted me to do it. He loves the show and was like, 'C'mon, Mom, it's hysterical. Do it."
D1Abr TIL When The Hobbit was written JRR Tolkien had not yet conceived of the Ring's sinister history. Thus, in the first edition of The Hobbit, Gollum surrenders the Ring to Bilbo as a reward for winning the Riddle Game.
E18Mx TIL in 1970, television anchorwoman Christine Chubbuck announced, "In keeping with Channel 40's policy of always bringing you the latest in gore and guts in living color, you're about to see another first - an attempted suicide." Then she pulled out a gun and fatally shot herself in the head.