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TIL Billy Joel wrote Big Shot about Bianca Jagger as he imagined her through Mick Jagger's eyes

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Eg4NP TIL promising farmland came available when this 310 ft. wood and steel bridge was completed in 1910. It opened 100’s square miles to claim in Central Wyoming. It took a few generations before families gave up the dream because of poor soil and scarce water. Their sad cabins still remain.
aL8A TIL that in 2000 a paediatrician was driven from her home in Wales when local “vigilantes” confused her job title with “paedophile”.
GYVKN TIL The creator of the labradoodle regrets creating the breed.
Oo4OR TIL that a manhole cover is round because if it is square or oval, it can fall into the sewer!
OxNe TIL A&W made a 1/3 pound Burger to compete with McDonalds’ ¼ pound Burger. The burger was thicker, cheaper, and preferred in taste tests but was failure because Americans can’t math, thinking the “4” in “¼,” is larger than the “3” in “⅓”.