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TIL that Seth MacFarlane wanted to end Family Guy in 2011 "while the show was still strong."

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D1D6r TIL that the notorious vanishing hijacker's actually alias was Dan Cooper and not D B Cooper. D B Cooper was a mistake by the press that stuck.
p8xpA TIL The DEA taught Bryan Cranston how to make meth for Breaking Bad
ANa1a TIL actor James Marsters took the role of Zamasu in the Dragon Ball Super anime for zero pay, as he felt he had to redeem himself to fans after appearing as Piccolo in the infamous critical disaster Dragonball Evolution (2009)
N7XK6 TIL there used to be a Latin warning describing the Strait of Gibraltar: "NON PLUS ULTRA", or "Nothing further beyond". After Spain reaped huge rewards proving that this wasn't quite true, they made their national motto "PLUS ULTRA", or "Further beyond".
b9eJQ TIL during the middle ages there was a legal category called "enbrotherment" that allowed two men to share living quarters, pool their resources, and effectively live as a married couple. The couple shared "one bread, one wine, one purse."