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TIL That the man tho says "Bye, Have a Beautiful Time" at the end of American Dad episodes was the former security officer at the office building where Family Guy and American Dad! were produced.

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VMkRk TIL that a young Winston Churchill was on a South African train ambushed by Boers. Captured and sent to a prison camp, he escaped and then evaded a massive manhunt by hiding in a mine for days. He later led the liberation of the 180 soldiers remaining in the prison and returned home a hero.
mxdlE TIL that Beethoven overcame deafness by biting a metal rod attached to his piano to hear his work. It's called bone conduction, and can also be used to help divers talk and hear underwater, and is also used by elephants to communicate
ANLJl TIL that Nazi used to be a common abbreviation for the German name Ignaz, before Hitler was a thing. The linked historical song (1928) translates to "She has a big Nazi and a small Nazi and loves both of them" meaning a woman loving her husband and her son both named Ignaz
R5Mo4 TIL the Toyota Camry is named after the Kanmuri, the long hat traditionally worn only by Japanese Emperor and other aristocrats
wLVeM TIL that the traditional breakfast of NASA astronauts is steak and eggs.