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TIL that the guy at the end of American Dad episodes is Security Guard Peña a Venezuelan-American who worked at the office buildings where Family Guy and American Dad! are produced.

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ngar TIL Kurt Vonnegut worked for Sports Illustrated before becoming a novelist but was fired after turning in a one-sentence feature on an equestrian event that read, “The horse jumped over the f—ing fence.”
yQZOe TIL that, in 1950, a special agent reported the discovery of three UFOs in New Mexico to the director of the FBI, as well as 3 non-human bodies found inside of them. The entire report is available to read thanks to the Freedom of Information Act.
50AB TIL one horse actually has 14.9 horsepower.
YpgbB TIL about the Gympie Gympie bush (or “Suicide Tree”). It delivers a sting described as “like being burnt with hot acid and electrocuted at the same time”. One man was stung and after 3 weeks of agony, was driven “as mad as a cut snake”. Another shot himself after using the leaves as toilet paper.
JYJgB TIL that the vertical line in the Peace Sign represents the flag semaphore signal for the letter D, and the downward lines on either side represent the semaphore signal for the letter N. “N” and “D”, for nuclear disarmament, enclosed in a circle.