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TIL that news channels owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group are required to do 'must-run' segments. Which is a centralized system of mandating news stories, reports or segments at all 193 (soon 233) stations that SBG owns

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VMNZB TIL a 13,000 year old farming village was instantly ended when fragments from a passing comet exploded in mid-air, leaving behind glass spheres, melted iron/sulfur, and nanodiamonds.
8a4lP TIL since their inception in 1997, numerous line up changes have left the band Norma Jean with no original members.
wLJP1 TIL of the coffin / casket company named Lindner that has a “sexy coffin calendar”
Z8lNv TIL Garden Veggie Straws, which shows fresh vegetables on the bag, and are promoted as a healthy alternative to chips, are actually made of salt, starch, and tomato paste. They have less nutrition than actual potato chips and the manufacturer, which has a history of false claims, is now being sued.
4kXQg TIL that, on October 30, 1939, just under two months into World War II, a German U-boat submarine fired three torpedoes at the ship carrying soon-to-be Prime Minister Winston Churchill, but none of them exploded. Commander Wilhelm Zahn became known as "The Man Who Almost Killed Churchill".