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TIL 'turn it up to 11' comes from This is Spinal Tap, RIP Rob Reiner

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x6VN0 TIL the first ever transatlantic radio signal was received here in Canada, morse code for the letter “s”
yVbvl TIL that all-pro NFL running back Christian McCaffrey's grandfather was the silver medalist in the 100 Meters at the 1960 Olympics, losing the Gold medal in a photo finish.
Z8j4p TIL When Nintendo was formed, there were only 38 US states in the Union. The company that would go on to bring us Super Mario and Pokémon was formed in September of 1889.
yQYlp TIL Researchers submitted absurd fake studies to several feminist academic journals, to check their quality. Examples included copied passages of "Mein Kampf", a report on moon meetings with vulva shrines and chaining "priviliged" pupils. Several papers were published and one was called "exemplary".
b6xGN TIL that Tom and Jerry has the most Oscar’s for an animated series (tying with Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies)