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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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RWO9 TIL Greenland has the highest suicide rate in the world. 20% of Greenlanders attempt suicide. (from july 2014)
oR9D7 TIL the 16th century philosopher Michel de Montaigne was raised in an experiment by his parents to learn Latin as a first language. From birth, his tutor, servants and parents were only ever allowed to speak to him in Latin.
4XDEa TIL in 1948 Lyndon B Johnson used a helicopter to campaign for office. He would hover over farmers working in their fields, many who had never seen a helicopter, and blare through the loudspeaker: "Hello, down there! This is your friend, Lyndon Johnson, your candidate for the United States Senate."
MWv7 TIL that there is a British and American version of “death at a funeral” and Peter Dinklage played the same role in both
BgrAx Today I learned that in 1916, Cajuns were prevented from speaking the French language in schools, and that in 1921, the Louisiana constitution only authorized the use of English. Because of the loss of the French language, Cajun Boomers are sometimes called the "lost generation"