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TIL Inspector Gadget’s car, The Gadgetmobile, was a 1983 Toyota Supra.

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GEn1 TIL that the trickle-down-economics Republicans support, also called “horse-and-sparrow theory”, is in German also named “Pferdeäpfel-Theorie”. A “Pferdeapfel” is literally horseshit.
neDWW TIL Antonio Pigafetta was an Italian tourist who joined Magellan’s historic circumnavigation around the world. Magellan himself was killed, and only 18 crew members survived, including Pigafetta — his surviving journal is where most of the information about the voyage comes from.
YBmr TIL Al Sharpton demanded an apology from Cartoon Network for depicting Martin Luther King Jr using the term “nigga” in The Boondocks. Cartoon Network responded by making fun of Al Sharpton in a radio broadcast in a later episode.
R5WBj TIL Thailand uses a lottery card game to draft men into the military
GxG4 TIL Disney considered creating a park called “Shadowland” or “Dark Kingdom” dedicated to villains.