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TIL All the McBain clips in The Simpsons make a short McBain Movie when you play then back to back.

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ADvlB TIL Wyndham Halswelle won the gold medal for the 400 meter race in the 1908 Olympics. Noone won silver or bronze, as he was the sole competitor.
MeyRW TIL about a book 'It Cant Happen Here' (1935). It's about "a demagogue who is elected President of the United States after fomenting fear and promising drastic economic and social reforms while promoting a return to patriotism and "traditional" values." A civil war breaks out as a result.
l94r TIL that in 2000, Enron tried to make a version of Netflix by partnering with Blockbuster, but the project ultimately failed due to trouble with the technology.
grXrD TIL US oil company CITGO is owned by Venezuela's state-owned oil & gas company PDVSA
Y95G TIL a Sudanese man, caught having sex with a neighbor’s goat nicknamed Rose, was ordered by the council of elders to pay the neighbor a dowry of 15,000 Sudanese dinars ($75) and to marry the animal.