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TIL that to address complaints about graphic violence in the Simpsons, showrunner David Mormon decreed that Treehouse Of Horror V contain as much gore as possible.

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APEg TIL Mark Ruffalo was placed on US terrorism watchlist in 2010 for standing against natural gas drilling
wryY TIL: There is a book called “Becoming Batman: The Possibility of a Superhero” written by a neuroscientist, which covers in detail how much an ordinary person would need to train and adapt to become Batman.
QNJQX TIL Emirates and Qatar Airways fly nonstop from Dubai and Doha to the US West Coast (San Francisco, Seattle and Los Angeles), coming within a few degrees of latitude of the North Pole
5aAR TIL prior to Ronald Reagan’s surgery after his assassination attempt, he removed his oxygen mask to joke, “I hope you are all Republicans.” Joseph Giordano, a liberal Democrat, replied, “Today, Mr. President, we are all Republicans.”
OdeR TIL an iPhone has about 75 elements in it — two-thirds of the periodic table.