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TIL that “TV Pickup” is a phenomenon wherein people in Britain all simultaneously turn on their electric kettles during commercial TV breaks causing massive power surges countrywide.

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7rEMb TIL of Soviet spy, Gevork Vartanian, who stopped the Nazi assassination of Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at the age of 19; 400 German agents were arrested/killed because of his efforts, and the assassination was ultimately prevented.
nLgB TIL Seth MacFarlane once had to show an early episode of Family Guy to a pair of Rabbis because Fox execs thought it was anti-Semitic. Despite the Rabbi’s approval, it wasn’t broadcast for 3 years after it was completed.
4pka TIL there is a pizza place in Alaska that delivers by plane.
dDrmj TIL That Helium is the only element that is completely non-renewable, and we're rapidly running out of it - which is a big issue, as Helium is used heavily in the scientific community
wL95E TIL about Herostratus: A person who burned the Temple of Artemis, which was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, because he wanted to be famous. “Herostratic fame” was coined after him where a person earns fame through misdeeds.