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TIL that Phillip J. Fry from Futurama was named for Phil Hartman, who at the time of his death was preparing to voice Zapp Brannigan, a character written specifically for him.

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aGOy TIL about the Salt Water Buffalo who were introduced to Newfoundland as a potential new species for meat and hide. All but 1 died as they discovered the best tasting grass was at the edge of cliffs and inevitably fell to their deaths
VxLZ TIL The sculptor of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Gutzon Borglum, planned to make a secret room behind the hairline of Abraham Lincoln which was supposed to be a doorway to a chamber originally intended to hold some of America’s most treasured documents but was left unfinished due to his death.
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XdAP TIL That Europeans in the Middle Ages never actually thought the Earth was flat. The idea that they did is called the Myth of the Flat Earth.