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TIL Americans pronounce Bologna as Baloney

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YpGlA TIL that it is custom in Indian culture to give gifts in amounts like $101 and $501, especially at weddings. This is to support the idea that, like the gift, the couple is indivisable
R5eN9 TIL that Disney once tried to open a park that would allow guests to "feel what it was like to be a slave." It was a disaster.
4keKJ TIL about Panchiko, the Band With An Astounding Story. A group of British teenagers formed a band and recorded a demo CD-R in 2000 which is quickly forgotten about. Around fifteen years later, someone discovered a corrupted copy in a charity shop, and it became an online phenomenon. More in comment.
7rMjM TIL that when Mt. Everest was found to be the tallest mountain on Earth at 29000ft (the estimate at the time), an extra 2 feet were added on top of the number because they feared if it was too round of a number, the public would think they had picked an arbitrary number.
X0A8j TIL about the Guy West Bridge, a pedestrian bridge in Sacramento, CA that is scaled-down replica of the Golden Gate Bridge