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TIL Sesame Workshop stopped the distribution of a successful Sundance short film called ‘Ernest and Bertram’ that portrayed Bert and Ernie being outed to the public as gay, resulting in Ernie committing suicide.

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xVQp0 TIL that John Carmack coded Quake on a 28 inch 1920x1080@85hz monitor... in 1995.
e0YAE TIL about highpointing: The act of ascending the highest point of every American state. Only 10 new people manage to climb them/year, making it more unique than climbing the Mount Everest!
0lN5 TIL that the US Postal Inspection Service has a list of members who have died in the line of duty. Half of them have the cause of death listed as “Gunfire”.
Jb0l TIL: That, contrary to the popular American belief that British people have bad teeth, British people’s teeth are infact much better on average with the average number of missing or decayed teeth at age 12 being just under half that of America’s.