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TIL the Simpsons creators shelved an Itchy & Scratchy spinoff because it made test audiences physically ill

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7rO8X TIL: Ben Cohen (one of the 2 founders of Ben & Jerry's) has severe anosmia, a lack of a sense of smell or taste, and so relied on "mouth feel" and texture to provide variety in his diet. This led to the company's trademark chunks being mixed in with their ice cream.
epMGn Today i Learned about "Killer" Jim Miller, an outlaw who reportedly killed over 50 men. During his execution, Miller was reported to have shouted, "Let 'er rip!" and stepped voluntarily off his box to hang.
ARL4 TIL of Maximilian Kolbe, a priest in Auschwitz who volunteered to die in the place of a stranger who cried out “My wife! My children!”. In the gas chamber, he kept all the others sentenced to death calm and was the last one to die.
EgY0x TIL Yellow tennis balls were invented by David Attenborough. In 1967 when he was controller of BBC2, he had the job of introducing colour TV and suggested switching from white to a fluorescent yellow ball for easier visibility
yV57M TIl since 2005 and redevelopment made by Jane Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, the Alnwick Garden includes a section devoted to intoxicating and poisonous plants such as hemlock, castor oil plant, nightshade, cannabis, coca and opium poppy