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XEj58 TIL Rage Against the Machine received a "lifetime ban" from 'Saturday Night Live' after they attempted to hang American flags upside down for their set, in opposition of billionaire and 1996 presidential candidate Steve Forbes (LAST TOP POST WAS REMOVED; AUTHOR UPDATED ARTICLE AFTER I POSTED)
Z8yZR TIL Nickelodeon's sports channel GAS (Games and Sports) shutdown in 2007, but due to a glitch in satellites, remained on Dish Network in automated programming for another 15 months.
Z8yo TIL Swearing on the bible, is against the bible
VM1GB TIL that for 25 years, the Space Shuttle couldn't fly a mission over New Year's because the flight computers couldn't cope with the year changing. This was only fixed in 2007, four years before the fleet's retirement.
EgVRW TIL During his 2009 TED talk, Bill Gates opened a jar of mosquitoes and let them fly around, saying, “Malaria is spread by mosquitoes. I brought some… I’ll let them roam around. There is no reason only poor people should be infected.” He then revealed the mosquitoes were malaria-free.