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TIL that actor and creator of Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane, was supposed to be on one of the planes hijacked during the 9/11 terror attacks, but missed the flight because he was hungover.

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KkKQ TIL Florida law allows people to smash car windows to save pets from overheating
l77VN TIL that there is a power station in Greenwich which formerly powered London's trams and is now the central emergency power supply for London Underground, in case of loss of power from the National Grid
oRgyA TIL in 2000, Tim Allen was to star in "The Cat in the Hat," and said, "My dream is to give it the edge that scared me. Like Alien, we’ll see very little of the cat. He’s a human being who turns into the cat, like a werewolf or vampire, as he gets more frustrated trying to deal with these children.”
L4ZP TIL a teen needing a heart transplant was rejected in part because of his history of juvenile detention. A media outcry resulted in his getting a new heart, and later he died fleeing after a carjacking/burglary/shooting spree.
jNKDa TIL that the jolly fat person that people generally associate with Buddha is actually a different person - a Buddhist monk named Budai. Buddha himself is not usually depicted as fat.