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TIL that Arthur is the second-longest running animated series in the U.S. behind The Simpsons

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awMQ0 TIL that U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower had a speech prepared in the event that the 1944 D-Day invasion failed. In the speech he takes full responsibility for the failure of the operation.
R5WV7 TIL: Mobile Phone Throwing is an official sport that originated in Finland
grDp4 TIL the strongest animal in the world is the African bush elephant, which is capable of lifting 6,000kg, its own body weight from lying down. Even their trunks can lift over 200kg, thanks to over 40,000 muscles.
g5WD TIL the GPS cordinates that lead to Walts burried money in BREAKING BAD actually, in real life lead to ABQ studios in Albuquerque NM where BREAKING BAD was filmed. They wanted to be sure the cordinates didn’t lead to somewhere people might go think there could be burried treasure.
ADYAl TIL there are radioactive elements called "bone seekers" because they are chemically similar to calcium and the body tries to use them to build bones.