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TIL that in response to events in 2016, the artist behind the memeified “This is fine” dog comic made a new version where the dog screams “THIS IS NOT FINE!”

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dKEd TIL Time passes in the Judge Dredd comic in real time, so as a year passes in real life a year goes by in the comic. The first Dredd story, published in 1977, was set in 2099, and stories published in 2013 are set in 2135.
rblx TIL the song “Takin’ Care of Business” by BTO, a song constantly used as a soundtrack to denote hard work, is actually about doing as little work as possible.
LQM6d Today I learned the Panhellenic Games is the collective term for four separate sports festivals held in ancient Greece. The four Games were the Olympic, Pythian, Nemean and the Isthmian games.
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