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TIL that the Rick and Morty episode "A Rickle in Time" features "testicle monster" characters that were inspired by Steven King's "The Langoliers."

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8ao94 Today I learned that George Jetson was born in 2022. Welcome to the future.
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0d7aN TIL John Smoltz is the only pitcher in the Baseball Hall of Fame to have undergone Tommy John Surgery.
5bvB TIL the “town” of Monowi, Nebraska has a population of 1. Elsie Eiler, in her capacity as Mayor, grants herself a liquor license and pays taxes to herself.
bjP7 TIL that Ching Ling Foo and Chung Ling Soo were two magicians from the early 20th century who were bitter rivals. While Ching Ling Foo was genuinely Chinese, Chung Ling Soo was actually a New Yorker named William Robinson.