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TIL that TBS speeds up shows up to 9% to gain extra commercial ad time

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KkA9 TIL Family Guy faced a boycott from a group called ProudSponsorsUSA because of the offensive nature of the show. It turned out to be just Richardson Schell who was the headmaster of MacFarlane’s High School. He was actually upset because of the use of the name Griffin, the name of Schell’s assistant
ZoMD TIL of a festival in Spain, “Entroido”, where Medieval tax collectors run in the streets with burning hay as people throw dirt at them. The town gathers in the center to throw flour and ants at each other, followed by a man w/ a cows head used to lifts women’s skirts, among other things
Qdy6 TIL There is a tape of the kool aid mass suicide at jonestown
16Vv7 TIL: I need to replace the cabin air filter in my vehicle. Thank you LPT
xVo5g TIL, Wolf Blitzer did so poorly on Celebrity Jeopardy that he was negative $4,600 at one point and had to be bailed out by the show by giving him $1000