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TIL the Larry the Lobster sketch on SNL where Eddie Murphy asks the viewers to call-in to spare Larry’s life caused such a spike on phone networks that AT&T established communication with TV networks so that they could be warned of potentially disruptive future events. It remains in use to this day

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djOZ TIL there was a massive ancient civilization in Illinois. In 1250 the lost city of Cahokia was larger than London. Today more than 120 massive earthen mounds are still located on the site.
JYD6B TIL that Dolly Parton wrote 'I Will Always Love You' about the man that launched her career by having her on his TV show 'The Porter Wagoner Show.' Eventually, Dolly told him she was parting ways with him in 1974 to go solo and he was very hurt and got bitter. She wrote it as an "I'm sorry."
rNLey TIL the Moldovan underwater hockey team competed in two Olympic games, but none of the team could swim. They used it as a ruse to seek asylum.
LQwpQ TIL about the concept of shattering in agriculture. It is a feature of plants that means seeds are dispersed upon maturing and has generally been bred out of crops as part of their domestication, meaning that the seeds aren’t lost & can be harvested and processed -for example by grinding into flour.
KO9aJ TIL that the only existing footage of the first plane hitting the tower during 9/11 was only recorded because 2 people wanted to make a documentary on what it was like to be a firefighter in New York City, and when the cameraman heard the plane, he pointed it at the tower, and captured the crash.