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TIL that London 2012 organisers approached the band manager of The Who to ask if Keith Moon could play at the Olympics ceremony. Keith Moon passed away in 1978

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OZm4 TIL all of Maine utilizes one area code, except for only four residents in a tiny hamlet on the border of Quebec.
WkL5Y TIL that in the 1936 Olympic games, boxer Thomas Hamilton-Brown lost his opening bout so went on an eating binge to console himself. An error was soon discovered and it turned out he didn't lose, but was disqualified from competition because he had gained so much weight from binge eating.
6LnW TIL of “spite houses,” buildings constructed solely to irritate and spite neighbors.
olmo TIL Ray Bradbury first titled Fahrenheit 451 “The Fireman”, then called a local fire station to ask what temperature it would take to actually ignite books. The responding firemen placed him on hold and burnt a book, then reported that the heat required was “Fahrenheit 451″.
EgoMd TIL pigs were first commercially slaughtered in Cincinnati, which became known as "Porkopolis"; by the mid 1800s Cincinnati led the nation in pig processing.