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TIL Seth MacFarlane wanted to end Family Guy in 2011 “while the show [was] still strong.”

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NXPO1 TIL that 80% of Australian homes are colder than is recommended by the WHO safety standards for indoor air temperature.
4krGJ TIL: There is currently an Anti Superstition and Black Magic Act in India passed in 2013. It was mainly passed to reduce scam artists promising cures. However, it also banned carrying out inhumane acts to gain supernatural powers and claiming to be a reincarnated lover to sleep with women.
D5wg TIL that in 1997, a UNICEF delegation determined that North Korean hospitals did not even have thermometers or other basic medical equipment.
XEP9R TIL That Tracy Chapman, multi-platinum and four time Grammy Award winning artist, says she credits the inspiration to learn guitar as a child came from an American telivision variety show called "Hee Haw" that featured country music and themed backdrop. (corrected)
wEb1 TIL William Shatner called out reddit for being a site for racism and hate mongering.