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TIL of Bridget Loves Bernie, the highest rated TV show to ever be canceled after only one season. CBS and show creators were forced to cancel the show after receiving death threats from Jews, who were angered that the show featured a Catholic marrying a Jew.

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gMOp9 TIL that the most popular prison currency is no longer cigarettes, but ramen noodles.
YpZJZ TIL that in 1970, a fighter pilot was forced to eject during a training mission. His plane, however, righted itself and continued flying for miles, finally touching down gently in a farmer's field. It earned the nickname "The Cornfield Bomber."
RBQa TIL the British successfully destroyed a Nazi drydock by ramming a ship filled with six tons of explosives into it, leaving the ship wedged in the gates until the timers detonated the explosives.
VMpBZ TIL that Einstein was an excellent violinist saying that "life without playing music is inconceivable for me".
XEO4E TIL George Lucas tried to be an officer in the US Airforce but was rejected because he had too many speeding tickets