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TIL Comedian writer Billy Domineau wrote a spec script for Seinfeld called "The Twin Towers" that is set in the days following 9/11

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7aEP TIL Martin Van Buren (b. 1782) was the first president born a US citizen
E56d TIL that Mad Max (1979) was dubbed for original US release, because producers assumed American audiences would have trouble understanding Australian accents
167B4 TIL that Mormons consider the US Constitution to be divinely inpsired
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p8aWN TIL near Frankfurt in central Germany, a cheese is served that is topped with raw onions, which is locally known as "hand cheese with music". When strangers ask why it is called this way, they are told "the music comes later". This is a running gag pointing at the farts caused by the onions.