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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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OGJ7g TIL The oldest person in the USA was born in 1909, she lives with her 94-year old daughter and is cared for by her 68-year old granddaughter.
1a64X TIL That John Lennon wrote "I Am The Walrus" simply because he wanted to mess with people who were trying to analyze The Beatles songs (but inevitably people tried to anyway)
QnaM TIL that many golf courses that host professional tournaments, I.E. Augusta National, have an underground vacuum drainage system to remove water from their golf greens.
AG94 TIL there is a size of beer keg called a “wall.” It holds 9.2 gallons, or 99 bottles of beer.
XEGOX TIL in 1933 there was a proposed Amendment to the US Constitution that would put a Limit of $1 million on personal wealth. In the wake of the Great Depression many Americans developed more socialist values and believed personal wealth should be limited to avoid such an issue from happening again.