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TIL After Peter Zhu was declared brain dead at 21, his parents immediately asked permission to have his sperm extracted to ensure male offspring for the family. The Supreme Court agreed, even though bioethicists argued that the request was never even made by a spouse

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JYRBQ TIL that while not enforceable, the U.S. has a flag code which advises Americans on proper flag usage. Examples include, No marking or changing the flag's colors, It must be lowered at night unless properly lit, a flag may not be used on a float without a pole, and no flag apparel of any sort.
KYlKE TIL that when Joss Whedon's internet musical miniseries "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" was released on DVD, it featured a commentary track that was also a musical, with entirely new songs performed by the cast and crew.
GP4E TIL Icelandic has changed so little in the last 1,000 years that present-day Icelanders can read 12th Century texts without any difficulty.
OG4DY TIL: Panther is a general word, it does not refer to a species of wild cat. Panther is most commonly used to describe three different types of cat in the wild: leopards and jaguars in their black form, and pumas in Florida and the eastern US
R7nRQ TIL Phil Hartman, who voiced Simpsons characters Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure was murdered by his drug affected wife Brynn while he slept in 1998. SNL's Jon Lovitz partly blamed Andy Dick for re-introducing Brynn to drugs, which sparked an altercation where Lovitz smashed Dicks face into a bar.