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TIL Olympic medals used to be given for “Town Planning”

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VMbGm TIL that Lazy Scranton, the music video from The Office where Michael and Dwight rap about the city to welcome transfers from the Stamford branch, is a parody of a comedic rap song called Lazy Sunday, which premiered on SNL in 2005.
9XAp TIL that Google’s Artificial-Intelligence Bot says the purpose of living is ‘to live forever’
OG0ra TIL of the "Devil's Cigarette Lighter," a natural gas fire that burned for nearly 6 months in the Algerian desert. It rose between 450 ft (140m) and 800 ft (240m) high and burned over 550 million cubic feet of gas every day. It was witnessed by John Glenn while in orbital spaceflight.
wo0lY TIL the term Three-peat is trademarked and owned by Pat Riley who was the coach of the Lakers in the 80s when they were attempting for a three-peat in 1989 but didn't win it. The Jordan Bulls did get a three-peat in 1993 and Riley made royalties off of apparel using the term.
grnKW TIL that photos from the 1950's to the 1980's faded because of the switch to wood-based paper.