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TIL Sgt. Joe Friday never actually said ''Just the facts, ma'am'' on Dragnet

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epEg4 TIL Mexico City was built over the ancient Aztec Lake Texcoco which has caused many ecological problems for the region since it was artificially drained by man.
6EVe7 TIL that the length of a music single was determined by the weight-driven pulley system on a 1920's recording machine called the Scully Lathe. The pulley allowed approximately three and a half minutes to record before a 100lb weight hit the floor, thus determining the length of a single to this day.
MdEV TIL The cheese used by major pizza companies (Dominoes, Papa Johns, Pizza Hut) is monopolized by a single cheese company, Leprino Foods, which has control over 85% of the pizza cheese market.
x6N7B TIL that the International Olympic Committee is in cahoots with WADA to hide Chinese doping scandals
4Xvab TIL that Paul McCartney agreed to appear on The Simpsons if the "Lisa Simpson character would become a vegetarian like the McCartneys and never be considered a meat eater ever again"