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TIL that in the 2013 DVD and Blu-ray complete series of the show Breaking Bad, there is an alternate ending that features Bryan Cranston in bed with his Malcolm In The Middle co-star Jane Kaczmarek playing their characters Hal and Lois, in a nod to the final scene from the show Newhart.

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kJGDe TIL The Suicidal Tour (Excursão Suicída) was a 1943 fundraising tour by Santa Cruz Futebol Clube in Brazil’s North Region. From January to April, they played 26-28 matches in six cities. The tour gained its name due to financial struggles, threats of German attacks, and multiple fatalities.
ejjb TIL that a rival butcher collected 25 cats, starved them, and then snuck them into his competitors store after it shut down for the day. The cats ate out the Butcher Store before they could be attacked by police
4rXR TIL there is a tree named Pando that is technically an entire forest. It is a clonal colony of 4700 aspens’s that all share the same root system.
D1P1V TIL That during the Vietnam War, several companies requested packs of playing cards that contained nothing but the Ace of Spades, because they used them in psychological warfare. They believed enemy troops saw it as a symbol of death, and scattered them in the jungle. Thousands of packs were sent.
504B TIL With a permanent population of less than one million people, Qatar hires migrant workers to fill their empty stadiums in the Qatar Stars League, paying them one dollar an hour to “sit in the stadiums and pretend to have fun”.