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TIL that according to Smiling Friends co-creator Zach Hadel, the entire first season of the show cost as much to make as a single episode of Family Guy (~$2,000,000 USD)

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Ypw8B TIL during the Chernobyl meltdown, it was feared that molten fuel (corium) would reach flooded areas and explode. Three engineers tried to prevent this, but corium dopped into the water before they arrived. The fuel then cooled into a ceramic pumice and floated around the room, instead of exploding.
lewA TIL Bill Murray invented the phrase “you’re toast” to mean “you’re screwed” while ad-libbing in Ghostbusters
oNDW TIL in 1876, a railroad bridge collapsed, dropping a train 76 feet into water below and killing 159 people. The President of the railroad had been allowed to design the bridge by an indifferent Engineer. The Engineer was later found with a bullet in his head.
oBo8r TIL that the mother of Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction/Red Hot Chili Peppers) was murdered in 1983 when he was just 15 years old. in 2015, he released a documentary called Mourning Son, addressing his mother's murder as well as his battle with addiction subsequent to her death.
0wP6L TIL the Vikings are considered to be precursors of modern democracies by political scientists: men and women gathered for assemblies called "Things" (þings) where they decided on laws and punishments for crimes