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TIL: Gordon (sesame street) has been played by the same actor since 1974

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D1xyV TIL Douglas Adams came up with the title for The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy while lying drunk in a field near Innsbruck with a copy of The Hitch-Hikers Guide to Europe. Looking up at the stars, he thought it would be a good idea for someone to write a hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy as well.
Gn91 TIL according to NASA Las Vegas is the brightest city on Earth.
d8PYQ TIL Instagram star Dan Bilzerian's father Paul was involved in one of the SEC's longest running fraud cases. He spent 25 hiding assets from the US gov. and the SEC finally admitted defeat. Many believe Dan's fortune didn't come from poker, as he claims, but he simply inherited money from his father.
yQrr8 TIL: The Soviet K-429 nuclear submarine sunk twice and then became a training sub
a89Ro TIL on April Fool’s Day of 1957 the BBC showed a 3 minute report broadcast showcasing a Swiss family harvesting spaghetti from their family spaghetti tree convincing numerous British people that spaghetti grew on trees.