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TIL that "Saved by the Bell" was a part of killing Saturday morning cartoons. The Day Saturday Morning Cartoons Died - Grunge

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dLl9 TIL that Shia LaBeouf’s famous motivational speech is part of a compilation where students of a performing arts class wrote speeches for him to read on camera.
0wxdp TIL first ever flight by first ever airline pilot in the world. quite awesome.
W504 TIL: Mike Merrill has modeled his life after the stock market. He’s issued 1,000 “shares” of himself and life decisions are made by his shareholders’ votes. Some of the life decisions his investors have made for him are his hair color, the car he drives, his love interests, and even his diet.
BJEL TIL that bar code scanners scans the white space, instead of black lines.
OGNR TIL Senior PETA VP, Mary Beth Sweetland, takes insulin for diabetes (a product of animal testing) yet, like PETA, vigorously opposes all animal testing.