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TIL REM's "What's the Frequency Kenneth" was inspired by an attack on Dan Rather.

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neog7 TIL that Nazi Germany claimed an Antarctic Colony named New Swabia
d8lnB TIL the Ford LTD's name does not stand for Limited, but for Lincoln Type Design.
x071 TIL that Upton Sinclair, in his book The Brass Check, had proposed a law that any newspaper which prints a false statement shall be required to give equal prominence to a correction, on penalty of a substantial fine, among other remedies
W7JAY TIL the man who pioneered 24 hour broadcasting would also be responsible for John Lennon & Yoko Ono's Bed In, created Captain Canada, and demanded that Inspector Gadget be played during the evening news.
jNxEj TIL there is a Museum of Soviet Arcade Games in Moscow, where visitors can try out over fifty playable games (including Tankodrome!) dating from the Soviet Era.