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TIL When the creation of the ‘Cheers’ spinoff, 'Frasier’ was announced, Cheers cast-member Kirstie Alley called producer David Lee to tell him she wouldn’t make any appearances on the show, because she was a Scientologist and didn’t believe in psychiatry. He replied, “I don’t recall asking.”

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XEKQR TIL: Big Bird from Sesame Street almost died onboard the challenger spacecraft but was spared due to the costume being too large and unruly for space
xVoX0 TIL that when Diogenes, the Ancient Greek philosopher, was mocked by members of the Athenian Elite at a party, who were comparing him to a dog and throwing him bones across the room, he simply stood up, walked over, lifted his leg and took a big ol' steaming piss all over them.
9YX57 TIL that in the 17th century a Tortoise had its brain removed and continued to live for six months.
yYLv TIL People who survived suicide attempts by jumping off the Golden Gate bridge often regret their decision in midair, if not before. Said one survivor: “I instantly realized that everything in my life that I’d thought was unfixable was totally fixable—except for having just jumped.”
OmlX TIL Wyoming granted women’s suffrage 50 years before the 19th amendment, and refused to join the Union without maintaining their women’s right to vote.