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Today I learned they tried to make a British version of That 70's Show but got cancelled after only 6 episodes

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ne0B7 TIL Mali discovered America ~180 years before Columbus.
gM7QA TIL Breaking Bad's Bob Odenkirk created the character Matt Foley, which launched Chris Farley to stardom on Saturday Night Live
pY1GG TIL that the natural log was discovered way earlier than the discovery of the constant e, meaning that when people used it they didn't actually know what base they were using
MeeyK TIL that the Mandate of Heaven, which legitimized the rule of Chinese Emperors, differed from the Divine Right of Kings in that natural disasters and revolts were seen as a sign from Heaven that the Emperor had lost the mandate and therefore deserved to be overthrown.
QNyXE TIL that after the Portuguese dictator Salazar went into coma, he was dismissed as Prime Minister. When he emerged from it and recovered lucidity, no one wanted to tell him he had been removed from power, instead he was allowed to "rule" in privacy until his death 2 years later