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TIL that if their characters had aged in a normal timeline based on their first appearance, Tommy Pickles would be 24 years old, Stewie Griffin would be 15, Cartman would be 27, Bart Simpson 33, and Charlie Brown 67.

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XwO6 TIL that Mamihlapinatapai is the most succinct word in the world. It means “a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other will offer something that they both desire but are unwilling to suggest or offer themselves.”
b8jE TIL redheads experience pain differently from other people (more sensitive to some types of pain, less to others) because of their genetic makeup; they are also slightly less responsive to anaesthetics.
9KQm TIL of a jobless Irish lady who won a lotto jackpot of $46m. She now plans to donate all but $2m to her town and to give local people a chance. She said “I know what it’s like to have nothing …that’s why I’m giving it away - I can’t miss what I never had.”
KePB TIL that the Big Brain on Futurama was played by Maurice LaMarche, the voice of Brain on Pinky and the Brain
NmYJ TIL that some Syrian Rebels are fighting with STG-44 rifles manufactured in Nazi Germany.