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TIL due to the popularity of the Beatles song, “Penny Lane” street signs in Liverpool were so often stolen, local authorities got tired of replacing them and began painting the street’s name onto the sides of buildings.

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a8GwM TIL of the "Variable-Incidence" wing solution to increase angle of attack during take-off and landing without hindering pilot visibility of the runway. It works by moving the entire wing up/down like one was shrugging their shoulders. The F-8 "Crusader" from the late 50s is an iconic example.
JYM7j TIL that David Grohl refused to have his band's music on Glee. "The guy who created Glee is so offended that we're not, like, begging to be on his fcking show," said Grohl. "Fck that guy for thinking anybody and everybody should want to do Glee."
d88nZ Doctors still don’t know what causes it, or how to stop it
o60E TIL Architect Christopher Alexander advocates building street cafes in each neighborhood. “Encourage local cafes to spring up in each neighborhood. Make them intimate places, with several rooms, open to a busy path, where people can sit with coffee or a drink and watch the world go by.”
wx81 TIL that when the pineapple was first introduced to England in the 1600’s they costed around $6000USD (~5000 pounds) each