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TIL the campfire scene in Blazing Saddles is generally considered Hollywood’s first fart scene.

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BrBLD TIL that stop signs are used all over the world except in Turkey where they are labeled "Dur"
xVgrg TIL the Demon core, a fissile core that went supercritical twice in the 1940s causing the deaths of Harry Daghlian and Louis Slotin.
YpkX7 TIL, in the early 1990s Willie Nelson had nearly all of his property confiscated and sold by the IRS, for payment of back taxes and fines. His famous guitar, named Trigger, was only saved from sale because his daughter smuggled it out of his Texas home and took it to Hawaii.
MRkA TIL squirrels forget where about 50% of the nuts they have hidden are
PAOg TIL since most maps of the US are non-cylindrical (so flat vs. curved) Maine incorrectly appears to be the Northern most State in the lower 48. Minnesota, actually is the northern most state.