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TIL Paul Reubens' final public performance as Pee Wee Herman was for a one time stint as a radio DJ on KCRW on November 26, 2021 and the show was called "the Pee-wee Herman Radio Hour."

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dZ58 TIL the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 essentially repeals the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 by authorizing the U.S. military to perform law enforcement functions on American soil and makes it very easy for the government to suspend Habeas Corpus - AKA declare martial law.
xbpB TIL that Louis C.K. gave his (at the time 6 years old) daughter an IMDB writing credit for an episode of Louie.
1aXD TIL in 2005 Snapple tried to make the world’s largest popsicle but instead the 17.5 tons of ice melted prematurely and “[flooded] Union Square in downtown Manhattan with kiwi-strawberry-flavored fluid”
aoK0 TIL the inventor of the Keurig ‘k-cup’ pods regrets his invention because of how costly it is and due to the fact they are not recyclable.
6EWnZ TIL that when astronauts vote from space, they list their address as "low-Earth orbit" in their absentee ballots.