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TIL that South Park is based on a real elementary school in Evergreen, CO, and Miss Crabtree, Mr. Mackey and Mr. Garrison are just a few of the characters that are based on actual people

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d8yaK TIL that one night in Ontario, 1978, two men with balaclavas and guns approached a restaurant. The manager saw them coming, but, unfazed, yelled: "Sorry, we're closed" and went back to mopping. The confused robbers fled and were apprehended. At appeal they were found not guilty of attempted robbery.
69QxX TIL About Operation Milagro where Cuba and Venezuela are providing vision-restoring surgeries for free in 35 countries
xpX5 TIL Queen’s record label, upon hearing “Bohemian Rhapsody” in 1975, suggested it should be cut down prior to its release. Freddie Mercury and his bandmates refused.
YlMZ TIL in Canada you can serve a prison sentence on weekends.
oNN7 TIL: A man rescued an abandoned baby to find out that he was the baby’s father.