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TIL All of the character in 'Scooby Doo' were based on character in the 50s TV show 'The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.' Shaggy was originally a beatnik, then a hippy. Legendary DJ Casey Kasem originally balked at voicing a hippie but grew to love the character as Shaggy evolved thru the series.

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YpovB TIL when stuck for a name, producers of the TV series chose the name "the Addams Family" after creator Charles 'chas' Addams. Up till this point, they were simply 'a family' of Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, and Fester in his books and syndicated cartoons.
e0OEE A woman of average build, who exercises moderately intensively every day, burns about 2,000 kilocalories a day, and a man around 2,500 kilocalories. This means that you can live off your fat reserves for an average of 66 days (for a woman) or 53 days (for a man), as long as you don’t become more active.
Eg6DW TIL that onions don't contain the compounds which make you cry. The act of cutting the onion breaks open its cells and allows an enzyme to interact with amino acids resulting in Syn-Propanethial-S-oxide being produced in the air.
6ELXw TIL that there is a cin for sale called #7 Coin in Historic Moments in Global History Collection, Coin BE BEST, Book Title is "Genius Makes Its Own Rules" and Includes a Published 50 Page Print & Digital Monograph A Study in Genius: Presidency of Donald J. Trump.
BgRRb TIL almost 70% of employed Saudi citizens work for the government, and many of those work for less than 1 hour per day.