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TIL the character "Mr. Hankey" from South Park was based on how Trey Parker's father toilet-trained him as a child. Trey said he refused to flush the toilet, so his father told him if he did not flush down his stool, which he called "Mr. Hankey," it would come to life and kill him

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6E8nZ TIL that the grandfather of the multi-Oscar winning filmmaker Bong Joon Ho was a famous Korean writer. He defected to North Korea to write and teach at a university there but he was purged a few years later.

yBme TIL the book “The Complete Far Side” by cartoonist Gary Larson has 1272 pages and weights about 19 pounds

nB5b TIL Jewish composer Irving Berlin struggled to pen a Christmas song for the film Holiday Inn. Finally finishing “White Christmas”, he supposedly said “Not only is it the best song I ever wrote, it’s the best song anybody ever wrote!” Bing Crosby’s 1947 record is the bestselling single…of ALL TIME.

ADJbl TIL Fred Durst and his band (Limp Bizkit) wanted a band name that would turn people's heads away when reading it. Names they considered included Gimp Disco, Split Dickslit, Bitch Piglet, and Blood Fart.

1aR6d TIL: Tupac Amaru Shakur's mother was a black panther activist who named her son after an Incan ruler who, in the late 1700s, lead the largest rebellion in Spanish Colonial history. The rebellion was unfortunately unsuccessful and he died as a consequence.