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TIL The O'Reilly Factor is the #1 Cable News Program in America, however, the median age of viewers is 72 years old.

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kOdkW TIL Al Green who originally made Take Me To The River got more royalties from the Big Mouth Billy Bass fish than from any other recordings of the song.
x0w7 TIL in 2014 a cat saved his young owner from being attacked by bullies. After they teased the boy outside his home and shoved him to the ground, the cat ran out, jumped on the ringleader’s chest and hissed until they fled in panic. The cat then slept outside the boy’s room every night to protect him
YVN7 TIL Kevin Smith once called the father of a heckler during a panel and told him his son is acting up and smoking weed.
XEkar TIL that Jerry van Dyke, the younger brother of Dick van Dyke, was offered the lead role in Gilligan's Island but accepted a role in My Mother the Car instead. This show, about a man whose dead mother is reincarnated as a car, ended after one season and is considered among the worst shows ever made.
jmjQ TIL - Pepsi made a biodegradable chip bag that was so loud people complained until it was no longer used. This chip bag ranked in at 95dB (about as loud as a subway train)