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TIL Seth Green based Chris Griffin’s voice on the voice of serial killer Buffalo Bill from “The Silence of the Lambs,” specifically how Buffalo Bill would sound speaking through a PA system at a McDonalds.

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GlJG TIL In 1943 a Pan Am Airline chef snuck whiskey into passengers’ coffee to warm them up on a winter flight. When asked what kind of coffee they were being served, he improvised “Irish Coffee,” creating the now-famous cocktail.
QNZb9 TIL the first reference of the phrase 'May the fourth be with you' being used was on May 4, 1979, the day after Margaret Thatcher was elected as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
ep4BL TIL When you block a fart from escaping, some of the gas can pass through your gut wall and be reabsorbed into your bloodstream. From there, it can end up being exhaled through your lungs, coming out of your mouth via exhaling. You won’t be able to taste a fart that escapes through your mouth.
vPBaL TIL the peace sign consists of the semaphore signs for N and D, for Nuclear Disarmament - designed by Gerard Holtom for the 1958 British Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament. How did I not know that?
VMZBp TIL Whales and Dolphins closest living relatives is the Hippopotamus, just as Chimpanzees are the closest living relative to Homo Sapiens.