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TIL Bob Odenkirk wrote Chris Farley's "Matt Foley Motivational Speaker" sketch

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XEnE6 TIL The first known use of "toast" as a metaphorical term for "you're dead" was in the film Ghostbusters (1984), in which Bill Murray's character declares, "This chick is toast", before attacking the villain. The earliest known printed account is from The St. Petersburg Times of Oct. 1, 1987.
yQdmX TIL IDAHO: Cannibalism is strictly prohibited and punishable by up to 14 years in prison, except under "life-threatening conditions as the only apparent means of survival."
69m9Y TIL there is a theory that question mark orignated from the shape of cat's tail when it is inquisitve.
eyeL TIL that German children are taught the dangers of misbehavior through traumatic stories. These include a child having his thumbs cut off for thumbsucking and a girl who burns to death for playing with matches
Z8eR4 Today I learned that Located in the US state of Washington, a room in Microsoft's headquarters is the world's quietest place.