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TIL Aerosmith got an idea for one of their hit songs when they saw that scene in “Young Frankenstein,” where Igor told Dr. Frankenstein to “walk this way.”

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OoJna TIL that Michelin Tires started Michelin Restaurant guide 11 years after the tire company in hopes of encouraging people travel for good restaurants and wearing out their tires, and then buying more tires.
KYApQ TIL that in 1952 5 people were killed in a Japanese attack on California in the Battle of LA. Except the Japanese never attacked at all, fear over misidentified weather balloons caused a massive response of anti-aircraft guns, resulting in three heart attacks and two car accidents from the panic.
4XOlw TIL about the "The Mad Pooper" an unidentified lady who defecated publicly in Colorado while jogging and targeted multiple places. P&G even offered her free supply if stopped doing that and identified herself. Though no one has come out with her identity the poopings have stopped.
MeKL0 TIL in 2014 a stray cat kept wandering into the lynx enclosure at the St. Petersburg Zoo in Russia in search of food. She was later adopted by the zoo after she and the lynx became friends.
5EZP TIL Orange and Brown are essentially the same color, only differing in brightness.