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TIL that the Simpon’s made the Most Subtle Inappropriate joke for a cartoon.

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0dkrj TIL that in 1931 100 scientists wrote a book denouncing Einstein's relativity as nonsense and bemoaning the lack of attention for their own work. The title? '100 Authors Against Einstein'.
W7e04 TIL there's something called the National Diaper Bank which coordinates and facilitates donations of diapers to families in need. 1 in 2 US families cannot afford enough diapers to keep their infant or child clean, dry, and healthy.
d8jn8 TIL, Sea World San Diego managed to keep Blue Sharks, a beautiful pelagic species, in captivity. Until they added bull sharks, which ate the blues. No one has managed to copy the feat since.
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).
yVkkX TIL in 1990 Marge Simpson wrote a letter to First Lady Barbara Bush after Barbara said The Simpsons was ‘the dumbest thing [she] had ever seen’.