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TIL Ray Parker Jr, writer, composer and performer of the Ghostbusters theme song, is afraid of ghosts - contrary to his claim that he “ain’t afraid of no ghosts”.

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AYNg TIL Disney filed to trademark “Seal Team 6” shortly after the Bin Ladden raid but withdrew after the navy filed their own trademark applications
a8JMN TIL that in alabama, a sherif can keep the extra money they “save” from prison meals. One sherif pocketed $200,000 worth of meal money after shrinking meal portions.
1GpX TIL many American men’s dress shoes have a notch cut out of the heel, referred to as “The Gentleman’s Notch”.
R71W6 TIL Colorado's division of liquor enforcement defines sandwiches as: single serving items such as hamburgers, hot dogs, frozen pizzas, burritos, chicken wings, etc.
0dOxv TIL that the famous “Wilhelm scream,” a stock sound effect used in hundreds of films, was first recorded in 1951 and is still used today as an inside joke by sound editors.