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TIL of "Sputnikfest" an annual celebration held in the city of Manitowoc, WI where people dress up as aliens and science fiction characters to commemorate a 20lb piece of a Russian satellite crashing down in the city back in 1962

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LkjlZ TIL that nearly 40% of Americans expressed a negative opinion of "Wisian-Americans"—a fictitious group—in a survey about social attitudes that was conducted by the General Social Survey, a project of the National Science Foundation.
VMZx0 TIL that the first person to be voted out of the first version of Survivor committed suicide a month after going home.
6kpW TIL that the Lone Star Tick of the Eastern United States can give people a meat allergy
wOP7 TIL RoboCop was originally X-rated in 1987, and edited for a R release in theatres.
OG8OR TIL Honda makes a chili-infused wire wrap to deter rodents from chewing through car wiring