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TIL that “The Simpsons Guy”, a 2014 crossover between The Simpsons and Family Guy, was described by one critic as a “blight on humanity itself”

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wjE1 TIL an estimated one third of the population will often sneeze when looking at the sun or a bright source of light; this is due to a genetic quirk known as the photic sneeze reflex; a condition described by neurologists as having to do with crossed wires in the brain
ADOp4 TIL that the night before the Miracle on Ice, American goalie Jim Craig and Soviet star forward Sergei Markov played the arcade game "Centipede" at the Olympic Village. The two could barely speak in each other's language, so they communicated with nods and laughs.
ADP67 TIL A man rigged his house up with Indiana Jones style booby traps, including a hot tub which would roll at you if you tripped a wire, a fortified front door, and animal traps. An FBI agent was shot by a wheelchair, fitted with a fishing line and shotgun cartridges.
l7YWV TIL The Shiba Inu is the most genetically closest dog breed to wolves.
jNLJQ TIL that Frank Welker originally auditioned for the role of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo, and Casey Kasem auditioned for Fred. The actors were hired, with roles reversed, and the rest is animation history.