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TIL prior to their music careers, Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten would often perform Alice Cooper covers on the streets for money. People would pay them to stop.

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ZMAR TIL Shrek’s appearance may have been modelled after French wrestler, Maurice Tillet (pics)
j6LZa TIL that George Orwell was very into pranks growing up. Amongst his more malicious, was to create an advertisement which implied his college tutor John Crace was a pederast.
WPvL TIL the United States has a town entirely in Canada
KOmkE TIL a Russian cat was used by prisoners to sneak drugs into their penal colony near Moscow. The cat allegedly had 5.79 grams of hashish & 1.56 grams of amphetamine under its collar. Defense/prosecution lawyers each wanted the cat to support their case but it escaped from its kennel before trial.
78LOp Til that workers in every canadian province earn less than workers in the US.