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TIL Ed O'Neill used to make birthday phone calls to fans of ‘Married With Children’ in character, and in true Al Bundy nature, he only called them collect.

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pYxnZ TIL Vicki Lawrence was actually in her 30s she played the role of Mama (Thelma Harper). The character Mama is in her late 70s during "Mama's Family". Vicki Lawrence did not turn 60 until 2009.
eZ5b TIL that a New Zealand father was arrested and taken from his children for 8 months because people at a park mistook him kissing his daughter as indecent assault.
b6JYp TIL that when casting Walter White for Breaking Bad, the role was originally offered to John Cusack and Matthew Broderick. It wasn't until after they turned it down that the executives saw Bryan Cranstons X-Files episode and cast him for the role.
4XB5N TIL that’s rats can laugh. It’s inaudible to humans at 50kHz.
dDARd TIL there is a genus of plant in the pea family called Clitoria. Its name comes from its flowers, which look like human vulvas. Some species' flowers are edible and commonly used in Southeast and South Asian cuisines and traditional medicine.