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TIL: Fred Flintstone, Yogi Bear, and many other Hanna-Barbera characters had collars in order to make them easier (and cheaper) to animate.

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dQ1Q TIL the record for the longest throw of an object without any velocity-aiding feature was a non-returning boomerang thrown 427.2 m (1,401.5 ft)
5YepD TIL of the most sued doctor in American History Houston orthopedic surgeon ERIC SCHEFFEY also known as Dr. Evil has been sued 78 times. At least five of his patients have died, and hundreds more have been seriously injured. It took 24 years for state regulators and the medical community to stop him.
woyPE TIL when Led Zeppelin reunited in 2007 for a one-off show at the O2 Arena, 20 million ticket requests were made, the record for a single music concert.
N7b4b TIL Humans didn’t have a way to describe the color blue until relatively recently. Homer’s The Odyssey doesn’t contain a single instance of the word ‘blue’.
9r4M TIL that Winter Olympics athletes are chronically underpaid and unless they have endorsements, the amounts they earn are paltry compared to athletes in disciplines such as bowling.