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TIL that there were so many 90s CARTOONS I loved!

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GA5oN TIL that if you happen to be here, the closest people to you are orbiting the Earth at the International Space Station
OXjL TIL John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
rNdko TIL that Groucho Marx had several “last words” before his death. Some had thought it was “either I’m dead or my watch has stopped,” whilst others believed it to be “die, my dear? why that’s the last thing I’ll do!” His actual last words were “this is no way to live.”
v1Rnx TIL that at the conclusion of WW1, Kaiser Wilhelm II mistakenly believed that he ruled the German Empire in a personal union with Prussia, and so he could abdicate the former but still remain king of the latter. This was not the case, and he was forced to abdicate both.
9Ynk6 TIL an early script for Back to the Future featured Marty hiding in a lead-lined fridge to survive a nuclear blast. It obviously didn’t make it into the final version, but producer Steven Spielberg would later use the idea for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of them Crystal Skull