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TIL that the landmark pamphlet "Understanding AIDS" was the single largest mass mailing in American history. Spearheaded by Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, it reached 107 million American households, and set standards for sex education regarding the disease. 80% of people read at least part of it.

R7L1 TIL that SpongeBob SquarePants re-used multiple background tracks that were created for The Ren & Stimpy Show
dDQ8 TIL Ziggy Marley sang the theme song for the kids show “Arthur”
awXnZ TIL Apple prohibits “bad guys” from using iPhones in movies
bBQp TIL that genome sequencing technologies have become so advanced that computing power has become a bottleneck for DNA analysis and bioinformatics
vOm4 TIL Jack Bauer killed 268 people throughout the 24 series