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TIL the sister city of Boring, Oregon is Dull, Scotland

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n1po TIL: In 1862, Victor Hugo was on vacation when Les Misérables was published. He queried the reaction to the novel by sending a single-character telegram to his publisher, asking “?”. The publisher replied with a single “!” to indicate the success.
4XbDb TIL a man was stabbed to death by a chicken wielding a knife while spectating an illegal cockfight in 2011
XR0Q TIL the Simpsons were made yellow so when people were flipping through channels, they’d see a flash of yellow and know The Simpsons was on.
mO4o TIL That Bill Nye the Science Guy was a student of Carl Sagan at Cornell
oR4nK TIL that mature bull elephants play a pivotal role in elephant society. The absence of mature bulls creates juvenile delinquency in younger bulls, who will soon enter musth. When mature bulls were introduced into areas with a high concentration of delinquents, they soon put a stop to this behavior.