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TIL that the FCC was largely responsible for the demise of Saturday morning Cartoons

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9YwK7 Orcas hunt great white sharks —yes, great white sharks— for their livers.
5YJkQ TIL Stephen Hawking was still working on "Brief Answers to the Big Questions" with questions like "Is there a God?" when he died. To fill the gaps, the publishers used Hawking’s “enormous personal archive” and completed the book with his academic colleagues, his family, and personal estate
NXw06 TIL in mid-1843, writer Charles Dickens began to suffer from financial problems, and matters worsened when his publishers threatened to reduce his monthly income. To prevent this, Dickens’ spent 6 weeks obsessively writing a novella. The result? “A Christmas Carol” - which sold out in 3 days.
0w66L TIL that the snow used in the wizard of Oz poppy field scene was 100% industrial grade asbestos
pJnp TIL that in the 1980s Fats Domino decided he would no longer leave New Orleans, claiming he could not get any food that he liked any place else. He refused to go to his induction to the RocknRoll Hall of Fame and an invitation to play at the White House. (xpost from r/NewOrleans