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TIL as The Simpsons is hand drawn it takes 3 months to complete an episode, but South Park only takes a week as it is computerised.

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lmXa TIL after Czech resistance assassinated brutal Nazi Reinhard Heydrich, the Czech town of Lidice was razed and nearly all of its citizens, pets and livestock were shot. In response to Hitler’s desire to wipe Lidice off the map, Venezuela, Brazil, Panama and Mexico renamed towns to Lidice.
yVe1V TIL The Bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in a US Court
nG8b TIL The post office in Bedrock, Colorado receives so much fan mail addressed to characters from ‘The Flintstones’ that they have a special stamp for rejecting the mail that says 'Return to Sender - Fictitious Cartoon Character’
KYV5Q TIL fruit flies were the first living & "sentient" organism sent into space by humans.
R7Nk4 TIL that Anna, Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740, forced Prince Golitsyn to marry an unattractive maid. The couple had to spend their wedding night in an ice palace with icy beds, despite it being extremely cold. Eventually, the maid traded a necklace for a coat from a guard, and they survived.