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TIL Lego has actual “master builders” (aka Certified Professionals). There are only 13 of them and they aren’t accepting any further candidates.

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LmAv TIL that there is a study conducted by a former Reagan adviser that says Fox News viewers are the least informed people in America.
v1OkK TIL ‘Spirit In The Sky’ was written in fifteen minutes after Jewish-raised Norman Greenbaum saw a host sing a gospel song on TV. He said, “Yeah, I could do that.”
ADgVB TIL There is a tongue-in-cheek parody of lists made of scientists who 'dissent from Darwinism' called "Project Steve." It only accepts signatures from scientists named "Steve" and has beat out all lists of creation-believing scientists.
OGyna TIL that in 1991, singer Reba McEntire's band left San Diego in two private planes, with McEntire, her husband and her stylist intending to follow in a separate aircraft the next day. One of the planes crashed, killing 8 members of McEntire's band.