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TIL that Steve Urkels overly attached girlfriend died of cancer

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VVAp TIL that during the Falklands War, when the HMS Sheffield was sunk by Argentinian missiles, the crew members who made it into the water sang the song “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” from Monty Python’s Life of Brian while they waited for rescue.
GAgoJ TIL Porsche, Bentley, and Lamborghini all raise bees and have massive apiaries at their HQs
joan TIL that carrots were normally a variety of colors (rainbow carrots) until the Dutch began selectively breeding only orange carrots in the 1600s- to honor the Prince of Orange.
wjWY TIL The worlds most isolated tree, 400 km away from anything, died when a drunk truck driver hit it in 1973.
prXN TIL 6 companies control 90% of American broadcast media (FOX, CNN, NBC, WSJ, ABC, etc.)