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TIL 500,00 Americans faced a low-tech Y2K when they pre-ordered headstones with “19-” inscribed for their death date, then lived past the year 2000.

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j6B8N TIL that when Barney (The Simpsons) shouted "We want Chili Willi" he wasn't calling for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, rather he was referencing 'Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers', a popular British pub rock band from the '70s.
OonmY TIL in 1983 and before they were famous, John Goodman and Megan Mullally were both in the same McDonalds commercial
Jgp8 TIL that in season 1 episode 6 of the Dr Who series, it is mentioned that a meteor would crash in Russia in 2013. The episode was aired in 2005.
9Y4E7 TIL Humans lived inland in North America 1,000 years before scientists suspected. Stone tools and other artifacts found in Idaho hint that the First Americans lived here 16,000 years ago — long before an overland path to the continent existed. It’s more evidence humans arrived via a coastal route.
KZd6 TIL that in 2008 a Scottish man got sent to jail for 3 months for singing ‘SpiderPig’ from the Simpsons Move at a policeman.