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TIL that following the King of the Hill season two cliffhanger ending, rumors begin spreading through various FOX commercials and promotional spots that the Hills would be moving to Hollywood. TV Guide ads and the like even touted Propane Boom (the season two finale) as the "last episode in Texas!"

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9w6X TIL the United States ranks 3rd in liking the United States
Y7XBv Today I learned that one of the most respected beers among brewers is Orval, whose flavour develops as it ages, eventually tasting like a horse blanket.
JYQwv TIL Alan Turing, WW2 codebreaker and father of modern computer science, was also a world-class distance runner of his time. He ran a 2:46 marathon in 1949 (2:36 won an olympic gold in 1948). His local running club discovered him when he overtook them repeatedly while out running alone for relaxation
NjP6 TIL that the term “Ivy League” originated from people mispronouncing the Roman Numeral in “IV League”, which was the original four universities: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Columbia.
adLJ TIL Homeland Security convinced a man to fly to Puerto Rico to try and dig up $1M worth of cocaine that he’d heard was buried there. After he was unsuccessful (twice) they just dug it up themselves and arrested him when they tried to give it to him.