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TIL that Homer Simpson’s catchphrase, “D'oh!” had no official spelling for several years, and was instead written as “(ANNOYED GRUNT)” in the scripts.

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jaZN TIL that a thread on Apple forums suggests that Macbooks are causing immense eyestrain to a certain percentage of the population and nobody knows why. The thread is 8 years old and 160 pages long and Apple is refusing to admit the problem.
8eVxP TIL Dr. Fukushi Masaichi was a Japanese physician and pathologist in Tokyo. He was the founder or nite of the world's only known collection of tattoos taken from the dead. Fukushi Masaichi and his son Fukushi Katsunari are known in Japan as "Irezumi Hakase" (刺青博士; approximately: "Dr. Tattoo").
mxv0y TIL that according to a study on Academy Award speeches, Steven Spielberg has been thanked more than God.
d8eVd TIL of Thomas de Mahy, an aristocrat who was sentenced to be hanged during the French Revolution after a two-month trial. Upon the reading of his death warrant, he remarked, "I see that you have made three spelling mistakes."
4XRno TIL in 2015 David Copperfield was ranked the 20th highest-earning celebrity in the world. He's earned more than any solo entertainer in history.