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TIL that when 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' was screened for CBS execs, they told the creators “We’ll play it once and that will be all. Good try.” A drunk animator stood up in the back of the room and shouted 'It's going to run for a hundred years.' It was recently shown for the 52nd year in a row.

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RVnw TIL The upside-down cross is actually the sign of St. Peter and thus, The Pope.
GxWE TIL that John Belushi’s death was initially ruled a drug-related accident, but 2 months later a groupie named Catherine Smith admitted to the National Enquirer that she had injected Belushi with the lethal “speedball” injection. Smith served 15 months in prison for manslaughter.
LkQZ0 TIL the legend of Finn McCool, a 54ft tall Irish giant who was said to have made the Isle of Man by throwing a clod of dirt at a rival in Scotland. When his enemy sought revenge, Finn McCool disguised himself as a baby. His rival saw the size of the child, assumed the father was GIGANTIC and fled
J1j9k TIL about Shade Balls. Shade balls are small plastic spheres floated on top of a reservoir for environmental reasons, including to slow evaporation and prevent sunlight from causing reactions among chemical compounds present in the water.
VGN0 TIL When a skull was found in a peat marsh in Cheshire, police questioned Peter Reyn-Bardt about it in connection to his missing wife and he confessed to her murder. The skull was radiocarbon dated and found to be almost 2000 years old. Peter was convicted based on his confession.