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TIL June 2008, Australian Ian Usher put his “entire life” up for auction. The auction included his 3-bedroom home in Perth, his belongings, and introductions to his friends. His employer offered the successful bidder a trial run at Ian’s job, which could result in the bidder’s permanent employment.

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VlXB TIL American fighter pilot William Bruce “Bill” Overstreet Jr. (April 10, 1921 – December 29, 2013) shot down a German Messerschmitt Bf-109G after chasing it through the arches of the Eiffel Tower.
VOoG TIL Comcast disabled fast-forwarding for their on-demand service to force people to watch commercials
NX8g1 TIL: That in 2012, a Dutch World War II memorial was revealed on which the names of Jewish, Allied and German military deaths were written alongside each other in Comic Sans. The names were eventually scraped off following complaints, only for the rewritten message to also be written in Comic Sans.
ADBy4 TIL Todd Rundgren did the music for Dumb and Dumber, one of the very few feature films that he did the score for.
ADd6g TIL that eating horse meat, while relatively common in Continental Europe, is seen as taboo in English-speaking countries