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TIL Queen Elizabeth II of England is “addicted” to playing the Wii and has her own specially made gold-plated console.

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X0A56 TIL orcas cultural fads. In the 1980s one such fad was wearing dead salmon as hats. It spread to three separate Pacific pods before suddenly going out of style.
J1Bw8 TIL that Adam West performed the famous “Batusi” dance in the premier episode of the 1960s Batman television series.
DQMRe TIL that brothels in ancient Pompeii had customer reviews carved into the walls, including praise for good service, complaints about sore parts, and even "I was here" messages
oBBX8 TIL Springsteen isn't pissing on the American flag on the album cover of Born In The USA. "We took a lot of different types of pictures, and in the end, the picture of my ass looked better than the picture of my face...I didn't have any secret message."
jENn TIL U.S. mint planned to introduce an aluminum penny in the 1970’s but then canceled the plans out of concern that if people ate them doctors wouldn’t be able to detect them with x-rays.