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TIL that although Futurama has been cancelled, The Simpsons are having a crossover episode next year which will feature the Planet Express crew.

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4eYg TIL the Pixies song, “Gigantic” used by Apple to promote the iPhone 5S last spring is about a black man’s penis.
Z8kQY TIL the longest war in human history lasted 781 years in Spain between Spanish Christians and Muslim Moors of Morocco. The conflict officially ended in 1492
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rNl1M TIL Mount Erebus is a continually active volcano in Antarctica, and it has an exposed lava lake that is nearly half a kilometer in diameter.