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TIL there is a space-themed strip club in Tampa, a drive-thru strip club in Pittsburgh, and a pirate-themed strip club in Portland…shaped like a huge jug of rum.

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P9mg TIL an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who fought in World War II, Hiroo Onoda, did not surrender in 1945. In 1974 his former commander traveled from Japan to personally issue orders relieving him from duty. Onoda had spent almost 30 years holding out in the Philippines.
v16gB TIL about Daniel Freeman, a Civil War veteran and the first person to claim land under the Homestead Act. Later in life, he brought up and won a landmark separation of church and state case against a teacher who was evangelizing to her students with permission from the school board.
Yxgx TIL in March 2014 10.8% of all new cars registered in Norway were Tesla Model S’s.
l7o6r TIL Mike Oldfield, when Virgin Records insisted on hi9m calling his next LP "Tubular Bells 2", responded with "Amarok" - an album with rapidly shifting themes, random bursts of noise, and a message in morse code saying "F**k you RB" - apparently directed at Richard Branson.
R557w TIL almost all bananas we eat today are clones of each other