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TIL that the director McG filmed a music video for “Turning Japanese” starring/sung by Kirsten Dunst to be included in the Tate Modern art gallery.

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voyj TIL that the German city of Konstanz, which sits on the Swiss border, survived WW2 without being bombed by leaving all house and streetlights lit at night, making Allied bombers raiding nearby Dornier and Zeppelin aircraft factories think it was part of Switzerland.
4k9ja TIL that if you dug a hole anywhere in the united states through the center of the Earth, you'd end up in the Indian/Arctic ocean
6o9Q TIL Stephen Fry spent time in prison for credit card fraud
WvoL TIL in the Pirates of the Caribbean Disney ride, the pirates’ chess game is designed so that any move will cause a stalemate. Thus, they will play the same game forever.
9wZdM Today I learned that Elvis Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, was married first to Michael Jackson and then to Nicolas Cage.