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TIL that in order to keep up its image, the Victoria's Secret company listed its address as being in London even though the company was actually headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

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VMGjp TIL some people refer to the future being a head of them, but others refer to it as behind the back because one can not see the future. Also, the former tend to shift their bodies forward when speaking of the future while the latter shift their bodies backwards when speaking about the future.
RGba TIL that a chimpanzee has been observed wearing a piece of grass into her ear, with no apparent function. After other members of her group started imitating her, researchers realised to be in presence of the first fashion statement observed in other animals.
jdLX TIL Charlie Sheen reached a settlement with Warner Bros. and was paid for NOT doing Two and a Half Men.
j6eeQ TIL that the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, was directly influenced by Ken Kesey's experiences while working the graveyard shift at a mental health facility.
yVOjp TIL that Stevie Wonder not only composed, sang, wrote the lyrics and played keyboards on his song "Superstition," he also played the bass part on a bass synthesizer and played the iconic drum part drum too after being inspired by guitarist Jeff Beck. The only part he didn't play were the horns