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TIL Dan Castellaneta flubbed a line in The Simpsons episode "Homer Goes to College" but it was so funny that it was left in. It wasn't originally S-M-R-T.

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DQdJe TIL the greatest peacetime maritime disaster is the sinking of MV Doña Paz in 1987 with 4386 dead, almost 3 times Titanic's casualties (1496). The greatest wartime disaster is Wilhelm Gustloff in 1945 (9343 dead).
yVMRX TIL that the best guess for the next "civilization-threatening" volcanic eruption is around 17,000 years from now. This will eject 1 million tonnes of pyroclastic material.
Jg9m TIL that mustard is great for burns on your skin. It reduces or completely removes the pain.
4kNng TIL the NOAA gives financial awards to shipping lines who reduce vessel speed to protect whales
OGnpg TIL during WWII, Continental used to test their rubber boot soles by using concentration camp prisoners who would march 30-40 km per day. Those who slowed down or fell were executed by the SS.