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TIL Pink Floyd's song "Is There Anybody Out There?" features dialogue from the 1967 Gunsmoke TV episode 'Fandango'. The actress who asks, "Is it unsafe to travel at night?" is Diana Muldaur, who played doctors in the original Star Trek series and Dr. Pulaski in ST:Next Generation.

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wL9vY TIL KFC came up with a unique "New Orleans" seasoning for chicken wings that is so popular it became synonymous with roasted chicken in China, but is completely unknown and doesn't resemble any typical spice mixes in the US.
yQWL8 TIL in the 1870s, the city of Liège, Belgium hired 37 cats to deliver mail. It was unsuccessful.
KYAdG TIL that the record for longest time without sleep was set in 1963 when 17 year-old Randy Gardner stayed awake on purpose for 11 straight days.
6l9X TIL: all female placental mammals menstruate, but only female humans, bats, elephant shrews and some primate species bleed, which is called overt menstruation. Other mammals completely reabsorb the endometrium in what is known as covert or ‘true’ menstruation.
oyX8 TIL in 1977 a plane crashed into Yosemite Park, containing almost 10,000 pounds of marijuana. Local rock climbers were first on the scene and amassed a fortune from the wreckage.