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TIL Futurama's gag about French being an undecipherable dead language was replaced with German being the dead language in the French dubs.

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9wbBD TIL not even ex presidents and vice president can drive on american roads (they can on their own private roads) and they can’t own a normal smartphone
GAwJ4 TIL the emperor penguin is a very powerful bird. In one case, a crew of six men, trying to capture a single male penguin for a zoo collection, were repeatedly tossed around and knocked over before all of the men had to collectively tackle the bird, which weighs about half as much as a man.
yQ9Mv TIL that One Piece, a Japanese comic book, is the best selling comic book series made by a single author
oveR TIL every year in Detroit, MI they have “Devil’s Night,” where residents take to the streets to commit vandalism and arson
l7GdG TIL that the crew of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood rarely talked to Fred off set and made fun of him behind his back. Despite this, when the same men would sneak into the studio before shows when Fred was rehearsing with the puppets, in order to ask his puppets for advice, he still gave them advice.