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TIL that before Jerry Lewis made it a part of his routine, "The Announcer's Test" was used to challenge the reading skills, diction, enunciation, and speed of prospective Radio Central New York announcers in the 1940's

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N7LJJ TIL that Bad Company, who had an album named Bad Company and a hit song named Bad Company named their group after a movie named Bad Company
yVPGv TIL That in some international versions of TMNT, The title has been censored to “TMHT”, with the H standing for “Hero”, even with dialogue that contains the word “Ninja” replaced , also, Nunchucks were removed from those versions
KY6BJ TIL that there is a species of snake named after Professor Farnsworth from Futurama
0woEA TIL Tomato comes from the Spanish word "tomate", derived from the Nahuatl word "tomatl"
W7XQB TIL about a monument in Kyoto, Japan called Mimizuka (Ear Mound). Known as the city's least mentioned and most often avoided tourist attraction, it contains at least 68,000 noses severed during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598).