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TIL that according to the British Film Institute, Fawlty Towers is the best British Television program of all time.

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pY5GN TIL The average IQ difference between a parent and child is the same as the difference between siblings, about 12 IQ points. A parent with a high IQ will usually, but not always, have children whose IQs are somewhat lower than theirs but are still above the average for the general population
D4EV TIL that the first entirely computer generated movie sequence in cinema history was the Genesis Device demonstration video in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The studio that made the scene would later become Pixar.
GAVX5 TIL that the dude who wrote the “…for dummies” book series is the real-life basis for the nerdy character “Mark Ratner” in “fast times at ridgemont high”
wonD7 TIL a 20-yr-old man died 10 hrs after eating unrefrigerated, 5-day-old spaghetti with tomato sauce that he had reheated at school. His autopsy highlighted the importance of refrigerating food: the warmer temp allowed bacteria in the pasta to grow & produce a toxin that contributed to his death.
j6Ayv TIL: That the tradition of death row meals started due to a fear of ghosts. In ancient Greece they fed them in order to prevent the people coming back from the underworld as "hungry ghosts" as that was one of their greatest fears.