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TIL series creator Matt Groening has writing credits on only four out of the almost 800 episodes of The Simpsons that have been produced.

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rE6w TIL Steve Jobs called his LSD experiences “one of the two or three most important things [he had] done in [his] life”
epge5 TIL: There’s a Strategy to Take Back Power from Billionaires Using Their Own System Against Them
4XGgb Today I Learned the 'Croydon cat killer' hunt ended after a three-year investigation with Scotland Yard declaring humans in the clear and foxes likely to be behind mutilations in south London. Some speculated the killings had been part of "Satanic rituals"
XEAn8 TIL that "survivorshp bias" has its name from WWII where engineers failed to increase bomber pilot's chance of surviving when they increased armour on bombers where bullet holes where most often found until a statistician then proposed to increase armour where holes couldn't be found.
664X TIL that the U.S. military has banned the use of ‘toe shoes’ because of 'image concerns’