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TIL that Bret and Jemaine of Flight of the Concords were rumored to be denied funding by New Zealands TV3 because Bret and Jemaine’s humor was deemed “too Wellington”, meaning their humor would not work with the average New Zealander outside of Wellington.

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XEGjE TIL, In 2014, "Buffalo" Bill Hillman co-authored the book "Fiesta: How to Survive the Bulls of Pamplona" Also in that year, he was gored in the thigh twice while running from the bulls in the festival in Pamplona, Spain.
ReD4 TIL Lockheed Skunk works produced the first pair of working stealth aircraft despite not even being invited to compete. Everybody else besides Northrop failed or gave up, but Lockheed managed to build a pair of working stealth aircraft for only $35 million by using leftover parts from other programs
QmaE TIL Adult Swim put an entire episode of Rick and Morty (Rixty Minutes) on instagram using 109 15 second clips, in reverse order, so that viewers couldn’t watch sequentially until the last clip was posted. “It’s our latest frustrating excercise in audience engagement.”
p8eeG TIL: Shanghai was one of the few places that didn't require an entry visa in the years before WWII, so thousands of Jews fleeing Germany went there. Because German authorities required a visa to leave, Ho Feng Shan, the consul-general in Austria, made "fake" visas, over his superior's objections.
gMxX8 TIL that nobody in Pink Floyd sang, or had their vocals recorded, on “Have a Cigar”. The vocals were sung (and recorded) by Roy Harper. And Roger Waters is still pissed about it.