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TIL that AMC only allowed Breaking Bad to use the word ‘fuck’ once per season, leading to lengthy discussions among the show’s writers about where it could be best deployed. (Vince Gilligan interview, starting at 21 minute mark)

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ADeZo TIL historians have partnered with a retirement home to find those still able to read the civil-war era cursive script of the Seward family.
5YgKr TIL Lynyrd Skynyrd was named after Leonard Skinner, a gym teacher who used to send the band's members to the principal for their long hair. Later, the band used his real estate company's sign and phone number in album artwork, swamping Leonard Skinner Realty in prank calls.
e0856 TIL : That squids have three hearts, blue blood, and over 40 to 80 gills
GYry7 TIL Rashida Jones, the actor, is listed as a writer for Toy Story 4
5bvB TIL the “town” of Monowi, Nebraska has a population of 1. Elsie Eiler, in her capacity as Mayor, grants herself a liquor license and pays taxes to herself.