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TIL after learning he would lose the Tonight Show on NBC, Conan O'brien unveiled a new character on the show, the Bugatti Veyron Mouse, adorned with fake mouse ears and accompanied by a master recording of the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction", just because. It cost NBC a total of $1.5 million.

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9Y5Rp TIL In 1923, a jockey suffered a fatal heart attack but his horse finished and won the race, making him the first and only jockey to win a race after death
OoLVR Today I learned that the cloudy vapor that appears when liquid nitrogen is exposed to the air is condensed moisture, not the gas itself. The gas actually causing the condensation and freezing is completely invisible.
l7oxG TIL the Filair Let plane crash: Caused by an escaped juvenile crocodile that had been smuggled in a cabin bag. The passengers were so frightened they all ran away from the croc to the front of the cabin, altering the weight distribution making the plane uncontrollable. All but 1 person on board died
nennW TIL that in 1997 an Economist at the Mercatus Center Argued that the EPA "not taken into account that smog-free skies would result in more cases of skin cancer"
7rVbO TIL the creator of the TV show Archer became bored with the show and wrote a Country music career for Cheryl in season 5. The shows producers went so far as record a full country album. That album surprised music fans with its quality and reached #68 on iTunes.