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TIL after receiving poor reception following the viewing of A Charlie Brown Christmas to network executives, an animator, who had been drinking, said, “it’s going to run for a hundred years” and then fell down.

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JYyNv TIL Chinese millionaire Xiong Shuihua demolished the slums where he grew up, built luxury houses and gave the keys to the residents... for free
ZW8Y TIL that tonsils are strategically placed near the airway in order to “catch” incoming bacteria and viruses. They often become infected as their main purpose is to sample these bodies and build up an immunity so the much more vulnerable lungs are able to fight off infection.
e0vRb TIL I learned a woman made bread with the yeast from her own yeast infection
rRO4d TIL that there has been a surge in suicide rates among middle-age men since the 2000's, thought to be because of increased cases of loneliness and social isolation.
mxkOo TIL that in 1857, when he was 45 years, Charles Dickens left his wife and the mother of his ten children for an 18 year old actress, who would remain his mistress for the remainder of his life.