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TIL that Jurassic Bark (Futurama) was originally about Fry’s mom, but the idea was scrapped for being too upsetting to the audience.

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gVW9 TIL a man was stabbed by a fugitive on a train, then had to overpower his own assailant while the cops stayed in the operator’s cab.
1GGW TIL 2,500 people firing two AK-47s each would be able to stop a runaway locomotive within the space of 30 meters.
VjRQ TIL that in 2007, the First Mount Olive Free Will Baptist Church purchased a $150,000 Bentley, neglected to pay their $12,000 water bill, and defaulted on their $1.5 million mortgage. The church was struck by lightning and the subsequent fire completely destroyed the building.
Xw78 TIL that in 2001 Kim Jong Il’s eldest son was caught using a fake Dominican passport to enter Japan. When asked for an explanation, he said he “just wanted to visit Disneyland.” He was subsequently disowned by his father.
o5gW TIL morality, empathy, altruism and gratitude have been observed in non-human mammals, suggesting that our own sense of morality comes not from religion or society, but from biology.