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TIL- Of the Carlsberg Social Experiment, where a hidden camera observed the reactions of couples walking into a cinema with only 2 free seats remaining, and all the other 148 seats already filled by badass bikers.

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e0kog TIL one of the 'unwritten rules' of the Tour de France: if the Tour is passing through where one of the riders grew up, everyone will slow down to let that rider lead the whole Tour through his hometown (also, if the race leader needs to stop to take a pee break, everyone else slows down/stops too)
mx8xy TIL that Steven Spielberg receives 2.5% of the profits from Star Wars as a result of a trade with George Lucas
GY4VG TIL the head of a tiny dinosaur that lived nearly 100 million years ago was found trapped in amber. The head of Oculudentavis khaungraae ("eye-tooth bird") is 14mm long with large eye sockets like modern lizards and upper and lower jaws full of sharp teeth, the most found on any ancestral bird.
GAZ6N TIL In the early 2000's the original trilogy of Star War ran on tv in Chilie and they incorporated beer ads into the movies
b9gG9 TIL Joe Dimaggio won 9 World Series rings despite taking 3 years off in his prime due to WWII.