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TIL that across Cheers, Frasier, and the 2023 Frasier revival, Kelsey Grammer has played the character Frasier Crane in over 500 episodes—the most of any character in U.S. sitcom history.

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woyXW TIL The argan tree grows only in Morocco
J1y1B TIL the original Godzilla suit was made out of concrete due to shortages of rubber in post-war Japan. The suit weighed 100kg and became hot to even touch it.
x9Y1 TIL A guy named Seth Putnam wrote a song about how being in a coma was stupid, and soon after went into a coma himself. After he awoke, when asked how it felt to be in a coma he said, “It was just as f*cking stupid as I wrote about in my song”.
W7eNX TIL the first “Blackhawk” helicopter was the Sikorsky S-67, a tandem seat attack helicopter with a compartment to transport 8 troops, and short wings that held ordinance. A design that would later be seen on the Russian Mi-24 Hind.
jN9nE TIL: a 1918 influenza pandemic children’s rhyme: I had a little bird, And its name was Enza. I opened the window, And in-flew-enza.