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TIL that in the 1966 film adaptation of “Fahrenheit 451” the credits are spoken, not read, in keeping with the film’s theme of destruction of reading material.

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N4LJ TIL that madonna uploaded an album of her to p2p sites with all of the songs in the loop of her saying “what the fuck you think you’re doing?” and in retort a hacker defaced her website with direct links to the album saying “This is the fuck i think im doing”
nkZB TIL: Gordon (sesame street) has been played by the same actor since 1974
lo0LN TIL the longest game of monopoly was played at a frat in Pittsburgh,lasting five days in 1961. When the bank ran out of money they wired Parker Brothers, who sent them a million $ of monopoly money by air and was delivered by armoured car.
6ypY TIL that there is a New York City hot dog vendor who pays $289,000/year for his location.
awbXy TIL killing a stork was punishable by death in Ancient Greek and they were honored by Muslims for flying to Mekka every year