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TIL that in 1986, Dr Pepper created a late-night TV show called The Canned Film Festival, where they aired cheesy B-movies with comedy skits and even fake snacks like Butter Lumps and Chocolate Covered Lug Nuts

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Z8nbp TIL Bilingual reduced emotional resonance is a fairly well-established phenomenon were many bilinguals report “feeling less” in their second language, which might make it easier to use highly emotional vocabulary, and swear.
9Yj0X TIL that Mexico has a Ley Seca (no alcohol) tradition during elections to promote peace and order and holds elections on Sunday allowing the most voters to participate without worry of missing school or work.
b9rQ TIL that since 1988, all U.S. presidential debates have been controlled by the Commission on Presidential Debates. The Commission is a corporation owned 50% Democrat, 50% Republican, making it extremely unlikely that a 3rd party candidate will ever speak in any such debate.
LQjgm TIL in 1948 a state of emergency was declared in the British colony of Malaya (now Malaysia) as Malayan rebels were attacking rubber plantations and mines. The insurgency was described as an 'emergency' because insurers would not have compensated plantation owners if it had been labelled a 'war'.
rNGOd TIL that Andorra is officially co-ruled by a Bishop and the Prince of Andorra, a title given to the current President of France. This means the Prince of Andorra is a democratically elected monarch, but elected by the citizens of a foreign country.