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TIL that Town Planning was an Olympic event

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XEGvP TIL that the Seinfeld episode “The Pen”, in which Jerry and Elaine visit his parents in Florida, is the only episode that doesn’t feature Jason Alexander. After the table read, he threatened to quit the show if they ever wrote another episode without George in it again.
1aMPX TIL there is a mine in Canada with enough arsenic to kill every human on the planet.
R5RBa TIL that if certain types of IRA accounts are inactive for a period of time, which varies by state, they are considered dormant, and the assets can be seized by the state.
E1XEx TIL the candle wick curling sideways is a feature, not a bug. The end of such braided wicks (introduced in mid-19th century) will self-trim by gradually burning off in the hottest outer region of the flame. Previously, special scissors needed to be used often lest the flame get too high and smoky.
nej1r TIL a year after star Brittany Murphy died of pneumonia her widower Simon Monjack died in the same house of the same illness.