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TIL South Park’s character “Chef” was inspired by an actual dining hall worker encountered by series co-creator Trey Parker while he attended the University of Colorado.

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WOB8 TIL There is a government website that lets you calculate if solar energy makes sense for your home.
WkveL TIL that South Dakota once sued 15 cats that they had seized on the grounds of interfering with a driver's visibility
8e7bb TIL that in the first 40 years of the US Interstate Highway System, it directly saved the lives of 187,000 people, prevented injuries to nearly 12 million people and returned $6 in economic productivity for each dollar that it costs.
N0Ge TIL that during audience testing for the 2005 movie “Good Night, and Good Luck” a common complaint was that the actor portraying Joseph McCarthy was over the top, not believable. The film actually used stock footage of McCarthy himself.
VMme4 TIL Ukraine qualified for the 2012 eurovision final despite being 2nd to last place in televoting in their semi-final and being 3rd among the jury vote.