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TIL: Freddie Mercury dressed Lady Diana in drag and snuck her into a gay club.

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yyMX TIL Cambridge Bay, Canada, has no cars but GOOGLE responded to a proposal by a resident to include Arctic communities in Street View in order to “educate the rest of the world.” He used a tricycle fitted with a camera system.
R58RQ TIL there is a statue of George Washington in Lima, Peru, that was purchased by the Peruvian government and dedicated on July 4, 1921, to pay homage to Washington, whom Peruvian President Augusto B. Leguía called the “Great Liberator of the North.”
VBBJ0 TIL about greek mythological figure Biston, son of Ares. He is considered to have introduced the Thracian practice of tattooing both men and women with eye-like symbols as a magical fetish which was said to be ensuring victory against their neighbouring tribes according to the oracle.
e0Gl4 TIL about Operation "Yellow Ribbon" where on 9/11 up to 240 flights were diverted to Canadian airports, and hundreds of Canadians opened their homes to the stranded passengers.
b6Xl4 TIL Director Robert Altman conceived of the idea for 3 Women (1977) while his wife was being treated in a hospital.he had a dream in which he was directing a film starring Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek in.He woke up mid-dream, jotted notes on a pad,and went back to sleep, receiving more details.