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TIL the Teletubbies are canonically racially diverse and they live in the "Tubbytronic Superdome"

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Br5vk TIL since 8-track tapes have a loop-play function, where after the end the tape is played from the beginning once again, the 8-track version of the Pink Floyd album "Animals" was changed for playing on repeat - a guitar solo connecting the first and the last song on the album was added.
Zp5MQ TIL The film 'A Few Good Men' was inspired by a real life story. Aaron Sorkin's sister told him she signed up to work with the U. S. Navy JAG Corps and was defending a group of marines who nearly killed a fellow marine in a hazing ordered by a superior officer.
X0A4X TIL game designer Will Wright (creator of The Sims) held the record for the illegal 'Cannonball Run' race to drive across the US in 1980, driving from New York to California in 33 hours 9 minutes
DQ5kv TIL there was a game show where the whole premise was to surprise couples/women in labor and have them answer questions for baby related prizes.
1a6eW TIL On average, 4 shipping containers drop into the ocean every day.