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TIL Jeff Bridges’ grandchildren call him “DudePa”

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GArjQ TIL that television was not introduced in South Africa until 1976 because the apartheid government viewed English programming as a threat to the Afrikaans language.
Lkrrd TIL les mis bring him home stole from mister Rogers tree tree tree
ydkw TIL John Henry’s famous race against the steam drill really did happen in 1870. He was able to win because the machine kept getting hung up and lost time.
VBvaG TIL that after being sentenced to death, British serial killer Amelia Dyer was subpoenaed as witness at a trial scheduled a week after her execution. However, Dyer was ruled legally dead once sentenced, the subpoena of a legally dead witness was dismissed and there was no stay of execution.
Yp64v TIL that because of jet streams being predominantly west-east, flights towards the east are faster than towards the west. As an example, flying from New York to London takes 6h 55m, whereas flying from London to New York takes 8h 15m on average.