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TIL The cast of Futurama made a full-length radio episode reunion.

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RLo4 TIL there was a thoroughbred racehorse with a series of significant wins in the late eighteenth century named Potoooooooo, or Pot-8-Os.
R5RKa TIL : During the Blitz, the British military set up “Starfish towns” as decoys to draw bombers off real towns and military targets. They were bombed over 700 times, saving 2000+ lives.
GYVYj TIL that over the past 200 years, toilets have added 20 years to the human lifespan.
R7jLj TIL the CIA once tried to scare Pakistani children with Osama Bin Laden toys in which its skin would peel off to reveal a demon face.
ADnWd TIL, Febreze, initially marketed as a way to get rid of unpleasant smells, sold poorly until P&G realised that people become accustomed to smells in their own homes, and stop noticing them even when they are overpowering (like the smell of several cats in a single household)