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TIL Burt Reynolds took revenge from National Enquirer who wrote crap about him for years by dumping a helicopter full of horse shit on their Florida HQ

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wL40M TIL that in Michigan, except for a few small exceptions, concessions in buildings “owned or occupied” by the State must be operated by a blind person.
9wpDD TIL actor Marlon Brando was an avid conga player, and he patented a self-tuning drum head shortly before he passed away.
gMpQ8 TIL air conditioning is not popular in Europe. Only 5% of French homes are air-conditioned, 2% of German homes. Many travel sites include horror stories from Europeans describing how "unpleasant the United States is with its artificial cold, and reports of legions of Europeans who return ill."
8aAJZ TIL Jeff Bezos is drilling a '10,000 year clock' inside a West Texas mountain which will tick every 100 years and cuckoo on the millenia
OoYnY TIL of Superstar USA. Essentially "Anti-American Idol" only the worst singers progressed, but were told they were performing well. In the finale they revealed to the "winner" that she was actually a terrible singer, and the show was all a prank.