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TIL I learned that in 2018 Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, ran an ad campaign branding itself as the "G-Spot of Europe" accompanied by the slogan "Nobody knows where it is, but when you get there - it's amazing."

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e01og TIL that the character Marvin The Martian from the Bugs Bunny cartoons wasn't trying to destroy the earth because he hated humans. He was trying to destroy it because it was in the way of his view of Venus.
M7eQV TIL about king Wuyi of Shang dynasty of China. He humiliated an idol called the god of heaven after playing a game with it when it lost the game. He also shot a leather bag filled with blood in the sky and said he was shooting the heavens.He was killed by lightening while on a hunting trip.
4XbQX TIL: Alfred Hitchcock was so afraid of Psycho being spoiled ahead of time that he bought up as many copies of the original novel as possible. He also insisted that cinemas (for the first time) schedule screening times, sell tickets for those screenings, and not let anyone in after the film started.
696BW TIL I learned early Alabamians really loved their 'cola'.
w651 TIL Carl Sagan’s anatomically correct naked man and woman were censored on the Voyager spacecraft Golden Record because critics found the nudity offensive.