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TIL that 8.2% of Norwegians eat tacos every Friday night
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TIL Brad Fiedel, who wrote the theme for The Terminator, said that the much disputed/odd time signature (13/8 or 12/8) present in the song was due to a timing error in the synths and sequencer loops which were synced by hand.
kZee
TIL in 2005 the Powerball drawing produced 110 2nd-prize winners. The Multi-State Lottery Association thought it was fraud. It turned out the winners simply played the lucky numbers from their Wonton Food fortune cookies. The fortune read “All the preparation you’ve done will finally be paying off.”
rRyyM
TIL skid marks are not caused by pieces of rubber from the tire being deposited on the road. Skid marks are actually bituminous oils in the asphalt that are heated because of the friction of braking or accelerating rising to the surface, leaving dark marks.
vPLB
TIL during WWII the US government hired a psychoanalyst to research Hitler’s background and he discovered that Hitler’s father may have been the illegitimate son of a Rothschild, one of the wealthiest Jewish families in the world
Zp84G
TIL in San Francisco, the artists Winston Smith and Jayed Scotti distributed false posters for bands and clubs that didn't exist. Often, the addresses shown on the flyers were located in the Pacific Ocean.