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TIL in Fucking, Austria, after the residents voted against changing the Town’s name, the mayor stated “Fucking is Fucking—and it’s going to stay Fucking.”

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mxy5y TIL of Dick Assman, a Canadian gas station employee whose name made him a celebrity in 1995. David Letterman, learning of him, was amused by Assman's name and made him nightly feature on the show. As his fame grew polling showed that 49 percent of Canadians in September 1995 had heard of him.
m1Eop TIL that Income and Emotional well-being are positively correlated until you make $240,000 / year
PGkO TIL Derek Amato is one of just 30 “acquired savants” worldwide. After been taken to hospital with a serious concussion from a diving accident, he sat down at a piano and discovered he was a musical genius.
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oyRW TIL there is a 73-Year-Old Japanese Man Creates Impressive Paintings Using Only Excel