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TIL for the series finale, the creator of a beloved Mexican TV children’s show wanted to have the main character ran over by a car and killed.

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N7GyN TIL the word "thug" originates from a murderous Indian cult that strangled travelers to death. The cult operated for over 500 years and may have killed millions of people.
V9Jk TIL: there’s a cult that opens delis in each area it has a division, luring new members in with delicious looking sandwiches, smoothies and salads.
gMJo7 TIL it's possible for complex communications with someone who is dreaming. Researchers of one study found two-way communications during REM sleep is possible when study participants (having confirmed lucid dreams) answered questions correctly via eye movement - even solving simple math equations.
QAWa TIL Academy Award winning composer John Williams (Star Wars, E.T., Indiana Jones) is the father of Toto (“Africa”) frontman Joseph Williams.
oRPwE TIL about the Great Smog of London, an intense five-day period of fog in December 1952 which was so severe that 100,000 people suffered from respiratory disease, and 10,000-12,000 died.