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TIL that in 2001, Warner Bros had to recall every single copy of a then-newly-released "The Powerpuff Girls" DVD because three of the DVD-ROM programs (including its installer) were accidentally infected with the "FunLove" computer virus, which would be spread to any PC that installed the software.

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Me7Q0 TIL the American Soccer League made soccer fairly popular in the U.S. in the 1920's. However, FIFA and the United States Football Association forced the ASL to fold in 1933, creating the image of soccer being a foreign and unwelcoming sport to americans.
KYVLB TIL there are five operating Kmart locations remaining. One runs out of the former Garden section of their Kendale Lakes, Florida location. One is in Guam. The other three are in the Virgin Islands.
0we0N TIL Gary Larson received some backlash for 'The Far Side' comic which has a female gorilla finding a hair on a male and asking, 'Conducting some research with that Jane Goodall tramp?' A rep from the Jane Goodall Institute complained, but Goodall herself later said she thought the comic was funny
16ZZO TIL about Evangelista Torricelli, an Italian physicist and mathematician, and his groundbreaking creation of a vacuum. In 1643, he invented the barometer, an instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure that led to his famous observation that, "We live submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air."
QJDjp TIL "Seinfeld" scrapped a claymation episode (that included Kramer with a pencil stuck in his eye) because "Home Improvement" did something similar. It was Jerry's biggest regret of the show.