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TIL that the sign of the horns (rock and roll hand sign) is an offensive gesture in many countries symbolizing cuckoldry

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MZvB TIL that Tim Burton’s movie, “Mars Attacks” was inspired by an ultra violent trading card set made by pulp novel cover artist Norman Saunders. He made the move very true to the cards as well.
mxeao TIL about the Automobil-Verkehrs- und Übungsstraße (AVUS) in Germany which opened in 1921 making it the oldest controlled-access highway in Europe, and until 1998 was also used as a racetrack!
b64k4 TIL The Stones covered “Route 66”
bJVp TIL, On August 4th, 1985 at the intersection of I-40 and U.S.69, a car and semitrailer carrying military bombs collided. The results were a series of explosions that lead to the deaths of 47 people and the evacuation of 6000 residents of Checotah, OK.
neBOr TIL some football competitions use green cards to indicate commendable conduct.