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TIL Kevin McCallister's actor, Macaulay Culkin's full legal name is "Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin"

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pYRWO TIL the episode "It's Late" from the TV show "Degrassi Junior High" in 1987, which was about a teen who became pregnant, was withheld from regular broadcast by the BBC in the UK. The episode later won an International Emmy award and the teen's baby was named Emma on the show in honor of the award.
DQwJ TIL There’s a rare natural disaster in which a lake erupts with CO2 asphyxiating any livestock or humans nearby.
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7rBBM TIL of the only person in Nevada to die by firing squad. No men were willing to shoot him, so a shooting machine was built to carry out his execution.
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