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TIL that in the early 90's Bart Simpson T shirts were banned at many schools across the country

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X1Kr TIL The Segway inventor is still alive. The company’s owner (Jim Heselden) is the one who felt off the cliff and died in a Segway accident, not the inventor (Dean Kamen).
V5O0 TIL the 1990 Lexus LS400 was so ahead of its time that 5% of its sales were from rival auto manufacturers, who were in awe of it’s engineering.
d8GDK TIL that giant squid brains are donut shaped and their esophagus runs right through it, making grinding its food into tiny pieces an evolutionary priority
R54RQ TIL of Cordell Jackson, who (among other things) is thought to be the first woman to produce, engineer, arrange and promote music on her own rock and roll music label.
1aeYP TIL musician Bob Geldof's wife Paula left him for Michael Hutchinson (INXS). Geldof began raising their 4 yr old daughter after Michael committed suicide and Paula later died of a heroin overdose.