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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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GYPO1 TIL In WWII British tanks, one man's job was to handle the radio, hull machine gun, and brewing tea whenever there was an opportunity.
QJlBe TIL Eddie Bauer, the Seattle based founder of the outdoor clothing company, invented and patented the badminton shuttlecock that is used today in regulation play
kJ1V7 TIL that, similarly to the soapy cilantro taste gene, some people have a genetic predisposition that prevents them from smelling “asparagus urine.”
78QXO TIL there is a 120 meter wide circular island in Argentina which continuously rotates
neOXd TIL of The Olgas, Australia’s lesser known ‘giant rock’. It’s highest point is more than 200meters taller than Uluru.