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TIL when asked about South Park ending, Trey Parker said “We’ve been waiting to get canceled for 18 fucking years.”

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yQ4Ql TIL that when you eat fruit with its inherent fiber (aka eating the whole fruit) up to 30% of the sugar will be eaten by the microbes in your gut before it can be absorbed.
WXQY TIL that Sandra Bullock was the first person to win a Golden Raspberry Award (given for worst film) and an Oscar in the same weekend. She collected both.
oPdL TIL that 17th century astronomer Johannes Kepler, who was unable to publish his dissertation as it contradicted the geocentric model held by the Catholic church, decided to rewrite it as a work of fiction about a man traveling to the moon. It is now considered the first modern science fiction novel.
jkja TIL 30 million Argentine ants die every year in the conflict between two supercolonies in San Diego
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