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TIL Playboy’s circulation reached its peak at 7 million in 1972, down to about 1.5 million today

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BWQx TIL that the producers of MASH didn’t want a laugh track, their argument being that there wasn’t a laugh track on the actual Korean War.
6EgJ TIL Soundgarden did a 1 minute cover of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s duet “2 Minute’s Silence,” claiming to have cut Yoko’s minute from the track.
awQEJ TIL In 2018 the WHO classified ageing as a disease
l7GVK TIL TWA flight 800, a Boeing 707, crashed during takeoff in Rome in 1964 after a thrust reverser deployed during it's takeoff roll, causing it to ovverun and hit construction equipment at the end of the runway, killing 49. this is not to be confused with the 1996 crash of TWA 800.
GADjg TIL a certain type of sherry wine can have a sugar content greater than 450g/L, over 4x that of Coca-Cola