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TIL that John Byrne said that he “unconsciously lifted” the story of the X-Men comic “Days of Future Past” from the plot of the 1972 Doctor Who serial “Day of the Daleks”.

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yV8jJ TIL: The May 18, 1980 Mount St Helens eruption caused the largest landslide in recorded history.
wYp7 TIL “The Janitor” character from the hit TV show Scrubs was meant to be a figment of JD’s imagination for the first two seasons in case the show needed a plot twist for a sudden cancellation.
4kWJ TIL the world’s largest insect is so big, it can fit a carrot in its mouth.
VMpvp TIL withouth Alaska, the United States has a smaller area than Brazil
GpG4 TIL Bryan Cranston was actually taught how to make meth by the DEA in preparation for his role in Breaking Bad