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TIL about The King of Intergalactic Chic, Larry LeGaspi, who designed the original KISS outfits.

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Kx1E TIL In 1989, a NY contractor decided to buy the contents of a storage container. He paid under $100 for what he would soon discover was the white Lotus Esprit submarine-car used in the James Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me. The car was bought at auction by Elon Musk for $1 million.
eB0L TIL The Colombian army created a pop song with a Morse code beat to communicate with kidnapped military personnel
l6nK TIL there’s a bar in Ireland that was opened in 900AD
DQ8eg TIL the show “Everybody Hates Chris” has a large fanbase in Brazil
m1Mky TIL that the Beatles were almost banned from the Philippines after rejecting a breakfast invitation from the country’s First Lady. They were then subsequently attacked by a violent mob in the streets of Manila, who beat up their roadies and PR manager