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TIL that Rheingold beer had a yearly election for the model to be Miss Rheingold

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R71Ml TIL that fictional vigilante serial-killer and protagonist of hit series ‘Dexter’ used the pseudonym ‘Patrick Bateman’: the name of the serial-killer protagonist of the novel and film “American Psycho”
dAEK TIL New York City is turning its old payphones into “time machines:” Pick up a payphone, call 1-855-FOR-1993 and hear a story, about what that neighborhood was like 20 years ago.
neEmb TIL that Victor Marchetti's 1974 work "The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence" was the first book subject to pre-publication censorship by the US government. The book was published with gaps showing where text had been excised and bold text where CIA censorship demands had been overturned by a court.
9wwrD TIL that The Maze, Utah ranks as the one of riskiest hike in the world. It is the least accessible district of Canyonlands. It's a difficult place to navigate, with lots of side canyons and dead ends from the main trail. Food and water are scarce, and could take rescuers three days to reach.
rNBN1 TIL that Steven Molaro, co-creator of The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon, was behind the "none pizza with left beef" meme.