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TIL McDaniel College offers a class that breaks down South Park episodes and looks at the real world social issues Matt and Trey are portraying

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5prB TIL of Larry Abshier, a US soldier in the Korean War who defected to North Korea because he was caught smoking pot. He lived with four other American defectors and was cast in several North Korean films where he became a celebrity.
4keYX TIL that LaMarcus Thompson, the father of the American roller coaster, invented the first coasters on Coney Island because he thought the world was too sinful and needed more moral entertainment
PYPpO TIL Christopher Reeve's accident was so severe that he needed surgery to reattach his skull and spine. While awaiting the surgery, a man in a blue hat and yellow scrubs met with him, jokingly claiming he was a proctologist and that Reeves needed a rectal exam. That man was Robin Williams.
9YyAD TIL Blacks also owned slaves in America
Z87R4 TIL critics complained Indian artist Daler Mehndi of being popular only because he featured beautiful dancing women in his music videos. Mehndi’s response was to create a music video that featured only himself. So that’s how the popular music video “Tunak Tunak Tun” was born.