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TIL Bill Murray said of Kung Fu Hustle: “there should have been a day of mourning for American comedy the day that movie came out,” because it was the “supreme achievement” of modern comedy.

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gY4y TIL the volcanic system beneath Yellowstone holds enough lava to fill 11 Grand Canyons.
kO7e1 TIL the first man made object in space (not orbit) was a rocket launched by the Nazi Wehrmacht.
kJrx1 TIL after the Tenerife disaster, KLM looked for their most senior pilot to lead the investigation, only to learn that he was the pilot responsible for the crash
Lxwd TIL: The NFL actually made EA sports remove certain features from its Madden game including endzone celebrations and realistic stadium attendance
VB7VZ TIL In 2010, Greg Fleniken was found dead inside his locked Texas hotel room. He had no obvious external injuries but massive internal damage. His death was ruled a homicide. After an 8-month investigation, it was found that a drunk guest in the next room accidentally shot Fleniken in the scrotum.