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TIL that the Kara 4 Kids jingle was created 2 decades ago in 2004 and the commercial was only created 1 decade ago in 2014

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ArXn TIL that ESPN’s Mike Tirico once sent harassing emails to a female producer, then later confronted her saying, “If I was single, I would throw you on the table right here and fuck your brains out.” He then proceeded to follow her in his car for miles down I-84 before she took an exit in a panic
XEJn8 TIL: The airport set in the movie "The Terminal" was built from scratch in a warehouse. It's all fake, as no airport would let them have use of their airports for the amount of time it took for film production. It was so well done that all of the companies shown in the movie endorsed it.
yxBv TIL that a Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa, was dropped from delivering a speech on “what the food industry could do to improve public health” - because he exposed the deceptive marketing used by top brands. So he released it on YouTube and got 300,000 views.
4ad5 TIL President Lyndon B. Johnson said of the 1968 Baltimore riots: “What did you expect? I don’t know why we’re so surprised. When you put your foot on a man’s neck and hold him down for three hundred years, and then you let him up, what’s he going to do? He’s going to knock your block off.”
grO77 TIL, the reason you hold your hand up in court when you take the oath is that centuries ago, criminals were branded on the hand. Different letters were used in England, F for Liar, T for Thief, F for Fugitives, R for Rogue, V for Vagabond, and P for Perjury.