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TIL people used to throw mortgage burning parties to celebrate when they paid off their homes.

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wxZM TIL while writing Hot Fuzz Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright referred to the supermarket manager, Simon Skinner as being played by a “Timothy Dalton type” actor before thinking to ask Dalton himself to be in the film. To their surprise Dalton had loved Shaun of the Dead and signed on for the role.
08Oy TIL Stephen Fry was best man at Hugh Laurie’s wedding (Dr. House) as well as Rowan Atkinson’s wedding (Mr. Bean), and attended the wedding of Prince Charles
N788b TIL robbers in India robbed trains using 1 rupee coins. The coins were used to complete the signal circuit normally completed by train wheels to make the light go red and stop the train
yVo0X TIL I learned that a News Station fell to a prank, reporting the names of fake flight crews in relation to Asiana Airlines Flight 214, i.e. "Captain Sum Ting Wong", "Wi Tu Lo", "Ho Lee Fuk", and "Bang Ding Ow".
W7Gw8 TIL that “jalapeño hands” is a burning sensation that is caused by cutting up jalapeño peppers with bare hands, and it can last from a few hours to a few days. Capsaicin oil in the peppers irritates the affected skin until it fades away or is neutralized.