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TIL that when Friends Debuted 20 Years Ago, People Magazine Gave It a D+ rating, and Time magazine called the cast “dysfunctional morons”

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gr1R9 TIL the Nyah-Nyah Nyah-Nyah Nyaaah Nyaaah teasing song melody is used all over the world! (Ring around the Rosie tune)
P17GV TIL that Parmentier, to encourage the consumption of potatoes which people were wary of, decided to have the field where he grew them guarded by armed men during the day but not at night. Guarding the field increased the value of the crop; at night it was easy to steal tubers, and consumption spread
RZZl TIL the word Scientist was coined as a portmanteau of Science and Artist in the 1830s.
mxGLp TIL that the Snowbirds less than 6ft apart from each other during formation. That’s closer than we are currently allowed with physical distancing guidelines.
694XX TIL that Samuel Jackson asked for his character (Mace Windu) to have a purple light saber. Although he initially rejected it, George Lucas later caved in, making Mace the first character to break the basic colour rule of the light sabers.