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TIL Jaleel White only auditioned for the role of Steve Urkel so he could buy a Sega Genesis

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dPeB TIL The Kansas State Marching Band did a formation that looked like a phallic object was entering the mouth of South Dakota’s mascot, resulting in a fine and a game suspension of Kansas State’s director of bands.
lpv5 TIL that the vagina was named after the Latin word for “scabbard”, reflecting it’s function of holding a man’s sword
QNWgd TIL sleep helps clean our brain. Or in the words of the journal Science, “Observations showed that when mice sleep, channels between neurons in their brains expand, allowing cerebrospinal fluid to flush out detritus, such as proteins that in human beings are associated with Alzheimer’s disease.”
LQ6jZ TIL the two worst place names in the UK (as voted in a 2012 poll) are about 10 miles apart - #1 is the hamlet of Shitterton and #2 is the clifftop valley of Scratchy Bottom, both in Dorset
VMarB TIL British breweries donated free beer to soldiers during WWII, but after D-Day, there was no room for it on the ships going across the English Channel. Spitfire mechanics and pilots worked together to modify pylons to carry beer kegs and deliver brews to the troops. Flying high enough chilled it.