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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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Egrvw TIL After a Japanese balloon bomb knocked out power to the Manhattan Project's Hanford nuclear site in WW2 the plan for stopping the next balloon was to fly up in a plane and throw bricks at it.
a8J59 TIL about the Tarantula Hawk, a type of spider wasp which preys on Tarantulas. The wasp uses its sting to paralyze the spider and drags it to its nest. It then lays a single egg on it. When the egg hatches the larva eats the spider alive slowly and by avoiding vital organs.
KYwwa TIL one of the very few on-screen adaptations of Gulliver's Travels to portray the entire novel was a made-for-TV mini series starring Ted Danson as Gulliver.
neL8r TIL The Roman Empire knew about Kenya (called Azania) and were trading partners with them.
p8ye TIL Astronauts experience a euphoric ‘cognitive shift’ akin to Buddhist Monks after seeing Earth from space.