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25 things you never knew about The Simpsons

God and his son Jesus are the only characters on The Simpsons to have a full set of five digits.

Everyone else in the Simpsons universe has three fingers and a thumb on each hand, and four toes on each foot.

“When you're flicking with your remote control and a flash of yellow goes by, you'll know you're watching The Simpsons,” he said.

The likes of Lovejoy, Quimby, Flanders, Kearney, Terwilliger and Burnside are all real-life street names in Portland, Oregon.

Hence the network HQ being a few well-dressed people in a trailer on a hill, Krusty saying, "You're Fox!

In 1990, First Lady Barbara Bush criticised The Simpsons as “the dumbest thing I've ever seen”.

Marge wrote a personalised letter to her, in character, politely telling her not to be so judgmental and explaining that her family tried their best. »

USS Constitution returns to Boston's waters after repair

Authored by msn.com

BOSTON — The USS Constitution, the world's oldest commissioned warship still afloat, returned late Sunday to Boston's waters.

The undocking of "Old Ironsides" marked the end of restoration work that started two years ago, officials said.

The vessel will be temporarily docked at a nearby pier to undergo more restoration work until September, when it will re-open for public tours. »

Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

Authored by theguardian.com

But one long-standing stalwart of the Windows experience has been put on the chopping block: Microsoft Paint.

Starting life as a 1-bit monochrome licensed version of ZSoft’s PC Paintbrush, it wasn’t until Windows 98 that Paint could save in JPEG.

With the Windows 10 Creators Update, released in April, Microsoft introduced the new Paint 3D, which is installed alongside traditional Paint and features 3D image making tools as well as some basic 2D image editing. »

Jane Campion: ‘The clever people used to do film. Now they do TV’

Authored by theguardian.com

I saw her first movie, Sweetie, nearly 30 years ago, a tragicomedy about a love-hate relationship between two sisters.

They were both dead by the time she was nine, so she really didn’t know how to be a mother.”

Their brother Michael, born when Jane was seven, went on to be a successful businessman, who works in recruitment. »

Heinz toddler food loaded with so much sugar it should be deemed confectionery, court hears

Authored by abc.net.au

Heinz toddler food loaded with so much sugar it should be deemed confectionery, court hears.

A food for toddlers marketed as being made almost entirely from fruit and vegetables contains so much sugar it should be deemed confectionery by experts, the Federal Court has heard.

Mr Duggan said the court would hear evidence about the use of apple juice concentrate in the product which is an added sugar. »