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• 2012-05-15 04:14:05
  TIL that when “South Park” aired its anti-”Family Guy” episode, they received flowers from the crew of “The Simpsons”
  Matt and Trey were asked how they keep the show subversive. Matt replied, “When we started out, I don’t think we knew what ‘subversive’ meant or anything. I think we’ve lucked out, because I’ve thought about it too. It’s like I think we’re just normally attracted to ideas that other people don’t want to do or are fundamentally [...]
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• 2012-05-14 14:22:03
  TIL Van Halen really did demand that there were no brown M&Ms backstage… and for a good reason!
  It’s one of those rock ‘n’ roll legends that turns out to be true: In the 1980s, the party-rock superstars in Van Halen demanded, via a clause embedded in their tour rider, that no brown-colored M&Ms be allowed backstage at their concerts. The story’s been told before (and you can see an actual copy of [...]
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• 2012-05-14 14:07:21
  Louisiana is the world’s prison capital
  Louisiana is the world’s prison capital. The state imprisons more of its people, per head, than any of its U.S. counterparts. First among Americans means first in the world. Louisiana’s incarceration rate is nearly triple Iran’s, seven times China’s and 10 times Germany’s. The hidden engine behind the state’s well-oiled prison machine is cold, hard [...]
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