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TIL Vince Gilligan did not know about the show Weeds when he created Breaking Bad, both about suburban people dealing drugs.

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b6Mm9 TIL In El Salvador there is an archeological site called Joya de Cerén which is nicknamed “The Pompeii of North America” because it was buried by a volcanic eruption around 600 AD. To date, a total of 18 structures have been identified and 10 have been completely or partially excavated.
Ew6X TIL a chef’s hat, or toque, has 100 folds to represent the 100 ways to cook an egg
KOA6J TIL Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, the man who famously sang "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" was an avid supporter for Hawaiian independence.
loW5r TIL Rock Band AC/DC, despite being one of Australia's most well known pop culture icons, declined to play at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 because they refused to mime as required by organisers.
LQrlV TIL at the height of operations during the Berlin airlift, one plane reached West Berlin every thirty seconds. The C-47s and C-54s together flew over 92,000,000 miles (148,000,000 km) in the process, almost the distance from Earth to the Sun.