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TIL that two DJs prank called Fidel Castro and got Castro to call them faggots

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R7GQl TIL that all felines directly register- this means that when they walk, their back paw walks into the exact area where the front paw stepped, to minimize sound and to ensure stable footing
16nZO TIL that in 2016, Burger King opened a spa in one of its restaurants in Helsinki, Finland. Customers could enjoy a Whopper while sitting in the 15-seater sauna room, and the spa also featured showers, PlayStation, TVs, and beverages and the price was $283/person
G4v7 TIL Modern Romance languages come from a “non-classical” version of Latin called “Vulgar Latin” that had no orthography, was written in graffiti, and spoken by the lower-class. Basically, Romance languages evolved from Latin slang.
ADe84 TIL At the height of the Japanese Real Estate bubble in 1989, Tokyo, on paper, was worth twice the value of the whole United States
WmYA TIL James Cameron made the movie Titanic to get a dive to the shipwreck funded by the movie studio; not because he particularly wanted to make the movie.