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TIL Seth MacFarlane once had to show an early episode of Family Guy to a pair of Rabbis because Fox execs thought it was anti-Semitic. Despite the Rabbi’s approval, it wasn’t broadcast for 3 years after it was completed.

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76p7 TIL that in 2012 the NYPD committed a man to a mental hospital when he claimed to be a Navy SEAL after being arrested for running a red light and weapons possession. It was soon confirmed that he was in fact an active duty Navy SEAL, and he was released with all charges against him deferred.
9Y4y6 TIL Brent Spiner recorded an album of 1940s hits with Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn and LeVar Burton as backup vocalists
v1wOx TIL that the ITER fusion reactor is scheduled to be switched on in 2025, but it will take 10 years from that point to reach fusion.
6EdPW TIL that Nov. 2, 2000 was the last time all living humans were on earth at the same time. Ever since the ISS have been occupied continuously.
VREm TIL Over 2000 years ago, Eratosthenes of Cyrene managed to calculate the Earth’s circumference without ever leaving Egypt and he was accurate to within 2%