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TIL George Michael used to smoke 25 joints a day

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6EnQ8 TIL that a Japanese company wanted to build an office building on a plot of land it owned, while another company had permits to build a highway through the same plot. The companies compromised by building a 16-story office building and putting the highway on floors 5-7.
7NN7 TIL that Billy Mulligan, suffered from multiple personality disorder in most outstanding way, with world record of 24 personalities. Some of his personalities spoke languages that Billy never learned. They were aware of each other’s presence within Billy, and agreed to live together in cooperation.
KYGKQ TIL An exhibition of an Édouard Manet painting led to the hiring of armed guards, whose job was to police sobbing and shouting spectators. The painting depicts an unclothed woman reclining on a divan in a brothel.
b69Ka TIL During Julius Caesar's siege of a Gallic fort, the Romans dug tunnels under the spring that served as the fort's water supply. The defenders, believing that the spring drying up was a sign from the gods, surrendered. Caesar spared their lives, but had their hands cut off.
0dDJ5 TIL the Olympic Games were only one of four Panhellenic Games held in ancient Greece, meaning Games were in fact held annually