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TIL that Rolling Stones and Time magazine both selected “Marge vs. the Monorail” as the greatest Simpsons episode of all time. The episode’s writer: Conan O'Brien

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N7yJE TIL that the 17th century Ethiopian philosopher Zera Yacub espoused ideas about secularism, rationalist thought and gender equality almost a century before the philosophers of the enlightenment
9bXQ TIL The longest work of fiction ever written is three million words long and six times longer than War and Peace, as of July 2013. It is a Super Smash Bros. Brawl fanfic.
nernd TIL many of our tropes of supernatural witches come from the profession of beer brewster during the middle ages.
jGYX TIL actor/U.S. Marine R. Lee Ermey was initially hired only as a technical advisor for Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket. Kubrick changed his mind after seeing an instructional video Ermey put together.
5VX68 TIL: The B-52 Stratofortress, first built in the 1950s, underwent upgrades in the 2010s and is now expected to remain in service until the 2050s.