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TIL Somebody paid to have a banner flown through the sky reading out “Cheater” during the Walk of Fame ceremony of Food Network Star and Chef Bobby Flay after divorcing his wife due to a cheating scandal.

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OG4m1 TIL only 37% of Rings of Power viewers completed season one domestically (45% overseas). In comparison, two cancelled shows (First Kill & Resident Evil) on another service had completion rates below 50%, but higher than ROP's domestic figure.
gkYD TIL That Patrick Stewart expected Star Trek: TNG to fail and would not have joined if he’d known it would air for seven seasons.
WkjGX TIL that when a horse becomes pregnant with twins, the standard practice is to abort one by a vet crushing the embryo.
L5GQ TIL on May 8, 1902, just before Mt Pelée erupted and killed all but 3 of the inhabitants of Martinique, an Italian boat Captain warned local authorities, “I know nothing about Mount Pelée, but if Vesuvius were looking the way your volcano looks this morning, I’d get out of Naples.”
BrY1y TIL about Nábrók, or "necropants." According to Icelandic witchcraft, these are pants made of human skin that produce an endless supply of money.