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TIL that "Merry Christmas" was the first message sent by SMS on 3 December 1992.

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grnnD TIL originally Krusty the Clown was going to be revealed as Homer Simpson in disguise, which is why they were drawn so similarly. The concept was later dropped because it was deemed too complicated for the show.
kOPoB TIL: After Bugs Bunny referred to Elmer Fudd as a "nimrod", the word began being misinterpreted to mean a dimwitted person. In reality, he was referring to the mighty Biblical hunter of the same name.
a84bL TIL that in 1976, the BBC refused to broadcast most races of the F1 season, because the backmarker team Surtees was sponsored by Durex. This meant that the British almost completely missed the season where Englishman James Hunt became World Champion because of a sponsor
eRV4 TIL Futurama will return one last time in a Simpsons crossover event.
QJBa6 TIL that the science of bite-mark comparisons, ballistic comparisons, fingerprint matching, blood-spatter analysis, arson investigation and other common forensic techniques have been tainted by systematic error, cognitive bias (tunnel vision) and little or no research or data to support it.