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TIL that a family who had orphaned kids living with them got on Extreme Makeover Home Edition, then kicked the kids out of the house

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nROG TIL that Harlan Ellison wrote the Hugo Award winning short story “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” in a single night. He made no changes to the first draft.
kJak5 TIL about the Massacre of the Latins, which occurred in Constantinople in 1182. The massacre was a result of the presence of Western merchants, particularly Italians, and various other factors. The Orthodox population killed tens of thousands of Catholics, with 4,000 survivors being sold as slaves.
VMKWQ TIL there was a children’s show, Dr. Wonder’s Workshop, that ran for 7 years, that was done entirely in American Sign Language with English voiceovers.
4kXxX TIL NASA logo merchandise has been seeing growing demand since 2017, when Coach asked permission to use NASA’s 1970s-designed, retro red logo type for its collection and then approval requests doubled. NASA doesn’t make a cent off merchandise bearing its name
PMEw TIL that the portuguese man o war, isn’t one Jellyfish, it’s four animals living symbiotically.