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TIL the Original London Bridge is currently in Lake Havasu Arizona

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kJege TIL about the Toronto Circus Riot of 1855 - a group of clowns got into a fight with a group of firefighters at a brothel, which led to a massive riot. The end result was large scale police reform in Toronto.
rNp0o TIL that the kid who voiced Arthur in Disney’s 1963 film “The Sword in the Stone” went through puberty in the middle of production. The director then used his two sons to finish recording Arthur’s lines. In some scenes, vocal clips from all three actors are interspersed.
d8Zg9 TIL that the music video for “Basket Case” by Green Day, was originally filmed in black and white. Color was later added to the video, which is why the video itself looks so surreal.
B0aK TIL: Indian housewives hold 11% of the World’s gold. That is more than the reserves of USA, IMF, Switzerland and Germany put together.
EOLd TIL United Airline’s lost nearly $1 Billion dollars in stock because a 6 year old article about their bankruptcy was accidentally shown in the “popular” section of Google News due to low traffic on the internet.