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TIL Matt Groening was approached to adapt his 'Life in Hell' comic for The Tracey Ullman Show. Fearing he’d lose ownership and hurt his comic if the show failed, Groening quickly created The Simpsons

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06RR TIL Iceland overthrew their government and rewrote their constitution after the 2008 financial crisis.
wPo TIL Guinness bought every British soldier in WWII a pint on Christmas Day. They would pay half your wages to your family while at war, guaranteed job when returning, funeral expenses, vacations, childrens’ education, scholarships, and paid wages 20% higher than other breweries (see more in link).
R5x8 TIL there is an episode of Tom & Jerry in which they are both suicidally depressed because of love. The episode ends with them both sitting on a train track with the intention of ending their lives, as an approaching train is heard.
R5d18 TIL about Arrow Air Flight 1285, a charter aircraft that crashed on takeoff in Gander, Canada. Killing 248 (+8 crew) US Army soldiers returning from a peacekeeping deployment. Prob Cause: thin ice/extra weight leading to stall.
wogpM TIL that the Danube River flows through more countries than any other river on Earth, 10 in total. It begins in the mountains of Germany and winds its way through much of Eastern Europe before emptying into the Black Sea in Ukraine.