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TIL all the main voice actors in The Simpsons make the same amount of money as one another

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LkONQ TIL That when Christopher Reeve (the man who played Superman) was about to receive the surgery to reattach his skull to his spine after falling off a horse, Robin Williams cheered him up by dressing as his character from Nine Months and proclaiming that Reeve will be getting a rectal exam.
xolB TIL there’s a computer cluster at Carnegie Melon that’s been running nonstop since January 2010, teaching itself facts from the internet
7rVEX TIL that Britain went through a Gin craze in the 18th century spearheaded by a Dutchman. We get the word ‘Gin’ from the Dutch word for Juniper and it also spawned the expression ‘Dutch courage’
GAJP5 TIL that until earlier this year it was legal for apartments in Austin, Texas to have no windows, and that landlords often didn't disclose this in advertisements
m10bR TIL Titanic Officer, Charles Lightoller later assisted evacuation efforts in Dunkirk during WWII. The character, Dawson, in the Christopher Nolan film, was inspired by him.