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TIL The United States Coast Guard occasionally received telegrams from concerned citizens, who apparently did not realize Gilligan’s island was a scripted show, pleading for them to rescue the people on the deserted island.

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wL5M8 TIL that Ridley Scott had plans to adapt the dystopian novel Brave New World into a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Ridley Scott ultimately had trouble doing the book justice and stated, “I don’t know what to do with Brave New World. It’s tough….when you reanalyze it, maybe it should stay a book".
6EN8Q TIL that the 20th President of the US, James A. Garfield, contributed an original proof of the Pythagorean Theorem before he became president. He came up with it during a discussion with other members of Congress, and it was published in the New England Journal of Education.
gnrL TIL: KFC use to have a spin-off restaurant called “Kentucky Roast Beef”. (This one was in Bellevue, WA.)
NXX5E TIL that Khazar, a Turkic language from Central Asia which became extinct by the 13th century, has the smallest known body of literature of any language: only one written Khazar word, meaning "I have read", has been found.
ymZa TIL it costs $175 to propose during a Cubs game at Wrigley Field while it costs $2,500 at a Dodgers game