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TIL Matt Groening named the main members of the Simpsons family (apart from Bart) after his own family (ex. Homer Groening is Matt's father)

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GYLxJ TIL the guard of the tomb of the unknown solider does not wear any rank insignias so as to not outrank any of the "unknown" soldiers.
WkZnY TIL: Prairie dogs use a sophisticated system of vocal communication to describe specific predators. Their calls contain specific information as to what the predator is, how big it is and how fast it is approaching.
e0OZb TIL all airports are aerodromes, but not all aerodromes are airports.
EJ5d TIL that The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife, a Japanese woodblock print, is considered one of the earliest examples of tentacle erotica, with this piece of art dating back to 1814.
lovWa TIL the Pentagon was built with twice as many bathrooms as necessary because of racial segregation