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TIL of a town in Buenos Aires that stayed 25 years under water. It wasn’t until 2009 that the water started to recede to reveal a post-apocalyptic scene.

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OXEe TIL: In 1919, Chicago Irish gangs in blackface attacked and burned Polish neighborhoods because the Poles weren’t racist enough against blacks.
KYJJa TIL the city of Chicago sold all of its parking meters (for 75 years) to a consortium of Abu Dhabi investors for $1.15 billion in 2008. By 2023, the investors have broken even on their investment with a $500 million profit and 60 years left on the deal.
wQmE TIL producers of Animal House offered Donald Sutherland a fee of either 2% of the film’s gross or $35,000. Sutherland had little faith in the movie so he took the $35,000 resulting in a loss of $2.8 million, or upward of $10 million after inflation.
Gpb7 TIL that in movie credits “&” and “and” mean two different things. If two writers’ names are joined with “&” then they collaborated on the script, but if they’re joined with “and” then they worked on it at different times.
N7epM TIL David Bowie had a heart attack on stage, paused for a minute then continued the show.