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TIL The voice of Boomhauer was based on a man who left a voicemail that Mike Judge listened to many times complaining about Beavis and Butthead who also thought the name of the show was ‘Porky’s Butthole.’

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WrYB TIL that a fainting room was a private room, of which its main features/furniture were fainting couches, used during the Victorian era, to make women more comfortable during the home treatment of female hysteria. Fainting rooms were used for more privacy during home treatment pelvic massages.
ADYyg TIL after surviving the plane crash that killed three of his bandmates, Artimus Plyle (the drummer of Lynyrd Skynyrd) was shot in the shoulder by a farmer as he stumbled though a field with a group of survivors.
R7A94 TIL at one point, Best Western tried expanding east of the Mississippi river using the name "Best Eastern".
nWGno TIL that the inventor of Pringles is buried in a Pringles can. Fred Baur, who designed the iconic Pringles can, requested that some of his ashes be buried in one after he passed. His family honored this quirky wish with a Pringles can placed in his grave
b9w9a TIL Charles Lindbergh may have been known as a legendary pilot but he was also a Nazi sympathizer and spokesperson for the America First Committee.