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TIL There Exists An Australian Marsupial That Has 14 hour Marathon Orgy Sex Until Its Fur Falls Out, Goes Blind, Bleeds internally and Drops Dead

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69bel TIL that, on 31 March 1953, a British producer named Peter Eton sent a script to the BBC's head of variety, with a memo attached describing it as a "quiet, gently bumbling situation comedy". In doing so, he gave rise to what would eventually become the word "sitcom".
bADQ TIL in 1998 Sony released a videocam that could see through clothes while in an infrared recording mode; 600,000 units were recalled.
M7wy0 TIL that in 19th-century Britain, many workers relied on the services of “knocker-uppers”—people whose job was to tap on clients’ windows (or use long sticks and even pebbles) to wake them up for work.
6nKX TIL in a study of the 14 Accents of the British Isles, only 22% of people correctly identified the Cornwall Accent, compared to 95% Identification of the Scottish Highlands
496J TIL John Belushi forgot to bring any form of ID to his own wedding. He called a judge, asked him if he watched SNL, and got him to sign an affadavit for the wedding license.