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TIL a furnace used to blow glass is called a ‘Glory Hole’

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6EJlZ TIL the internet's first uploaded image was of the joke band Les Horribles Cernettes (LHC), an all-girl group comprised of girlfriends & assistants of CERN employees. One chorus went "You never spend your nights with me / You don't go out with other girls either / You only love... your collider"
Wk8JX TIL: Baseball umpires are required to wear black under pants in the rare event that their pants split.
WkbXd TIL Barbra Streisand has built a shopping mall in the basement underneath her house, unstaffed and she stocks it with things she buys herself. Need a gift for a friend, she ‘shops’ for it in her own private mall.
W7VZd TIL the Organization Responsible for All Canada Airline Complaints Has a Total of 6 Decision Makers
LQepr TIL the CEO of Live Nation (and Ticketmaster) makes $139 million/year.