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Today I learned that a man in Oregon was inspired by the Simpsons episode "E-I-E-I-D'oh", where Homer grows a tomato-tobacco hybrid called tomacco, to grow his own version of tomacco. He later gave some to the episode's writer, Ian Maxtone-Graham.

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Z86Ga TIL the word Supererogation, which means to do more, or pay more, than was needed or asked for. Ethically, it differs from a "duty," which is a required action. Supererogation is going "above and beyond" the call of duty.
8aYZX TIL a group is digitally archiving old cassette and VHS tapes ranging back to the early 90's. The contents of the recordings include everything from yoga workouts, DIY tutorials on installing vinyl flooring or training a dog, self help books, and TV recordings like a Bjork interview and TRL episodes
WneB TIL every year at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, after the last plane has left for the winter, the remaining scientists hold a screening of John Carpenter’s “The Thing”, which is about a shape-shifting alien that terrorizes scientists trapped at an Antarctic research station.
4krL5 TIL after his ship was locked in ice, Henry Hudson & crew survived the winter in the southern tip of the Hudson Bay. The following spring, Hudson, his teenage son, and 7 supporters were set adrift by mutineers on a small boat, never heard from again.
4XLYR TIL The dog days of summer are named for the period that Sirius, the dog star, returns to the night sky in the Northern Hemisphere. Many ancient astronomers believed Sirius, the brightest star visible from earth, augmented the Sun’s heat.