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TIL Aqua Teen Hunger Force is a spin-off from the 90’s show Space Ghost Coast to Coast

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R5xj1 TIL that the current world record holder for men's marathon died at age 24.
0exL TIL violence in Hebrew (‘alimut’=אלימות) comes from the word 'elem’=אלם, which means a person who can’t express his feelings through words.
yQEW8 TIL there was an official writer's guide for the original Star Trek series. The pages included story advice, character attributes ("Captain Kirk is a space-age Horatio Hornblower"), costuming ("no pockets or space suits"), Stardate calculation, and told writers to contact NASA for technical advice.
m1lPy TIL when Théodore Géricault was painting “The Raft of the Medusa,” he met with survivors of the disaster, built a replica raft, and purchased multiple human limbs and a severed head which he took back to his studio in order to accurately portray the colour and texture of decaying flesh. [NSFW]
9RZ7 TIL that the Mars company does not approve of people deep frying their chocolate bars because “it does not fit the company’s promotion of healthy living”.