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TIL in 2007, Hamburg Mannheimer International (HMI), now part of Munich Re, held a party in Budapest with 20 prostitutes to reward 100 of its best salesmen

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ZpJeY TIL in 1979, LA-based punk band X were at a nightclub covering a Doors song. Unbeknownst to them, Doors’ organist Ray Manzarek was in the audience. That night, Ray became their producer, and together they made the album "Los Angeles" - which is now ranked as one of the greatest ‘80s of all time.
7r8lb TIL of the Paradox of the Court.Protagoras taught Euathlus who agreed to pay him after his first victory.He did not practise law and Protagoras decided to sue him for the money, arguing that should still be paid even if he fails because Euathlus would have won his first case
gM1Qy TIL that Monaco laws forbid citizens from setting foot inside the country's luxurious casinos
698XY TIL there's a man-made borehole that drains 100 million gallons of polluted coal mine runoff every day into the Lackawanna River and Chesapeake Bay.
Y7DDW TIL Las Vegas casino owner Benny Binion was a suspect in the 1972 car bombing murder of attorney and ex-FBI agent Bill Coulthard, with the murder allegedly motivated by a dispute over renewing the lease for the Horseshoe Casino in downtown Vegas.