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TIL when a university's underwater archeology team ran out of funding for researching Captain Morgan's shipwreck, the rum maker of the same name funded thier research

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vdxB TIL “Oh Yeah! Cartoons” remains TV’s biggest animation development program ever, giving several dozen filmmakers the chance to create nearly 100 seven-minute cartoons. The series eventually yielded three dedicated half-hour spin-offs: The Fairly OddParents, ChalkZone & My Life as a Teenage Robot.
GYvEQ TIL: The Shining's "Here Johnny" line was inspired by the Johnny Carson Show (also, Joker)?
XEynX TIL Six nylon American flags have been left on the Moon. They were purchased from a government catalogue and not designed to handle the harsh conditions of Space. Some flags are still standing. It is thought that the Apollo 11 flag fell over after they left the moon.
ewPk TIL Python, the programming language, was named after Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
QW7L TIL a mother cow in a US dairy farm made a “Sophie’s Choice” - she hid 1 of her newly born twins and let the farmer took away the 2nd one in the hope of saving at least one of her babies. Both babies were slaughtered.