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TIL before he wrote the Goosebumps book series, R.L. Stine created the 1989-91 Nick Jr. series Eureeka’s Castle

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4X6Nb TIL that "The Aquatic Ape Theory" suggests that human beings actually evolved in a marine environment. Evidence includes: the location of the spleen; presence of subcutous fat and sweat glands; babies' swimming reflex; and kidneys which function very similarly to those of current aquatic animals.
VwAQ TIL that Tim Russ, who played Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager also played the Spaceballs trooper that said, “We ain’t found shit!”
Lg90 TIL After Soviet authorities released The Grapes of Wrath as propaganda against the injustices of American capitalism, they were forced to backtrack and ban the film as audiences were instead impressed with how even poor rural American farmers owned cars
6E87Y TIL that due to the threat of a one million dollar budget overage Warner Bros. Studio gave up production of the film 'Home Alone' to 20th Century Fox. The film went on to gross 300 million dollars, shattering box office records of the time.
mPVO TIL One of the most decorated soldiers of WWII when held at Nazi gunpoint used HYSTERICAL LAUGHTER to distract them, then wiped out his machine gun killing 21 and capturing the rest of the 90. Then said to his men, “That was the stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever seen!”