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TIL Potatoes were associated with witchcraft and devil worship in 1600s

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1WPD TIL Stephen Hawking does the voice acting for his own appearances in Futurama (he also does this for The Simpsons too, but not Family Guy)
nek0G TIL about half of the Lincoln Memorial is hidden underground. The 43,800-square-foot basement was built with dozens of concrete columns to support the weight of the marble structure.
AYNg TIL Disney filed to trademark “Seal Team 6” shortly after the Bin Ladden raid but withdrew after the navy filed their own trademark applications
Z1ga TIL that when Aaron Sorkin was asked why Tom Cruise and Demi Moore don’t sleep together in A Few Good Men, Sorkin responded: “Women have purposes other than to sleep with Tom Cruise.”
Lkdg0 TIL the actor who played Furio on the Sopranos once discovered a painting in a museum had been mislabeled. He bought it for $70k and it ended up being worth $10 million.