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TIL that Shampoo was first discovered in India

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kPW1 TIL that Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz were both retired from The Simpsons after their voice actor, Phil Hartman, was murdered. Philip J. Fry was named in his honour and, before his death, the character Zapp Branigan had been written specifically for him.
Y7pwv TIL that bear spray can actually attract bears that smell it (but don’t get directly sprayed with it).
x6vkk TIL: The longest will ever drafted was 95,940 words (1066 pages) and the shortest will drafted was 1 word, which was, "Heir's"
MbbB TIL Torture whistleblower John Kiriakou has been audited by the IRS every year for the last 7 years.
jDaE TIL of the 1077th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, a Soviet unit of mostly high school-aged female volunteers that fought a Panzer Division with anti-aircraft guns in the defense of Stalingrad.