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TIL That for the past 4 election cycles a man named Vermin Supreme has campaigned on a platform of time travel, zombie based alternative energy, mandatory tooth brushing laws, and a free pony for every American.

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GYGbG TIL during the 2003 NFL Season, the New England Patriots started the season with a 31-0 blowout loss to the Buffalo Bills and ended the season with a 31-0 shutout win against the Buffalo Bills
GAPRE TIL: In the 15th century, an engineer named Orban offered to build a huge cannon for Constantinople. After they turned him down, he offered his services to the Ottomans who then used his cannon to attack Constantinople.
4Z7R TIL Uma Thurman’s movie “Motherhood” is one of the biggest flops in UK history, only earning £88 on its opening weekend. Only one person saw it on Sunday
NxZe TIL that The Writers and Directors Guilds of America fined George Lucas $250,000 and tried to have Star Wars V pulled from theatres because he put the credits at the end of the movie rather than the beginning; a highly unusual choice at the time.
oBv5R Today I learned that there’s a community called “dwitter” where people compose 140 character long JavaScript programs to produce beautiful visuals and share them with each other