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TIL that Animal House was filmed on campus at University of Oregon only because the dean had previously refused to shoot The Graduate on that same campus, and he regretted that decision so much, he allowed Animal House to be filmed there.

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mx4Po TIL German airplanes “Stuka” did not make that screaming sound when diving because of their engine , but because they had small fans attached to the front of their landing gear that acted as siren. This will “weaken enemy morale and enhance the intimidation of dive-bombing”
DWlr TIL in 1979 a song called ‘Ready 'n’ Steady’ by ’D.A’ appeared on several charts peaking at 102 but no one has been able locate a single copy since.
RAbl TIL As of 2009 the L.A. Country Club should have been paying $25 million per year in taxes but because of California Proposition 13, which keeps taxes at 1978 levels if a business does not change hands, the Club only paid $200,000
WDxo TIL: At the time of WW1, the King of Britain, Russia, and Germany were all first cousins. When asked about WW1, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany sarcastically remarked, “If my grandmother [Queen Victoria] had been alive, she would never have allowed it.”
KDWG TIL: Before he dropped it, Prince Phillip’s surname was Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg