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TIL I learned "Just a gigolo" by David Lee Roth is actually a very old song that has a tonne of historical significance dating as far back as World War I

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Wy8A TIL the “Waffle House Index” is informally used by FEMA to determine storm impact and required disaster assistance. It’s based on the Waffle House restaurant chain’s reputation for staying open during extreme weather and reopening quickly after severe events like tornados or hurricanes.
78APL TIL that the place Julius Caesar was murdered, “Torre Argentina,” is now a cat sanctuary.
X4l8 TIL there is a strip club in Portland that serves only vegan food and only allows its strippers to strip in non-animal-based clothing
GY8XJ TIL Jimmy Carter, LITERALLY averted a Nuclear Disaster in Ottawa Ontario, by being lowered into a nuclear reactor with a wrench.
mx7rR TIL that when Native Americans occupied Alcatraz Island in 1969, they offered to buy the island from the US government for $24 in glass beads and cloth, the price allegedly paid to Native Americans for Manhattan Island in the 17th century.