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TIL The Powerpuff Girls broke records for the most Beatles references in one episode.

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MeYbV TIL the reason why Amish grow beards but shave their mustaches is to represent their pacifism. The Amish associate mustaches with the military and thus they shave their mustaches to show they would never serve in warfare. The Amish who did serve did so in the Civilian Service Corps.
x6oX1 TIL John Ratzenberger chose to have his Cheers character Cliff Claven wear white socks in honor of French comic actor Jacques Tati
6ja8 TIL pants originally consisted of two separate items. & You put them on one leg at a time, then tied it around your waist, and then put on the other. Which is why we to this day, we say a “ pair of pants ”
l9PN TIL in 2012 Florida prison guards forced a mentally ill inmate to stand under a scolding-hot shower for more than an hour. His burns were so bad that he eventually died, but because authorities covered it no one has been charged to this day.
b6eO9 TIL Brumotactillophobia is the term for the phobia of different foods touching each other, a usual occurrence in the OCD experience.