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TIL Underwater exploration was disallowed in Guanabara Bay by the Brazilian government after an Ancient Roman shipwreck was reportedly found that preceded Columbus

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yQLj8 TIL in US family sitcom Good Times Jimmie Walker as son JJ was the breakout star and his catchphrase "dyn-o-mite!" repeated each episode. Those playing the parents disliked the focus shift to JJ's antics: John Amos was fired and his character killed off, Esther Rolle left the series for one season
JVRQ TIL of Planned obsolescence, a manufacturing decision by a company to make consumer products in such a way that they become out-of-date or useless within a known time period so that consumers are forced to buy a product multiple times rather than just once.
Me6W TIL there is a movie called “Gayniggers From Outer Space” in which gay black men from the plant Anus wipe out the entire population of women on Earth, freeing the men
awpXo TIL that the question of if a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable made it to the Supreme Court in the case Nix v. Hedden (1893). They decided that, for tariff purposes, it is a vegetable.
l97 TIL that in 1973 a scientist sent healthy volunteers to mental institutions, telling them to fake one innocuous symptom and then act normally. All were diagnosed with psychiatric disorders and held for an average of 19 days.