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TIL Hamburgers got their name because they originated in Hamburg, Germany

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VBpMD TIL that Stockard Channing, who played Rizzo in Grease, was actually 33 years old when she portrayed a high school student.
GYlrj TIL about Yo-Yo the bassett hound, kept by the master at Cambridge University Selwyn. Dogs are not allowed on the premises, so Yo-Yo has been officially classified as a "very large cat" so that the master can keep him on the campus.
XE8r TIL teachers at a school in Korea for children with disabilities molested, raped, and killed students and got away with it. They were even reinstated at the school. A movie was made based on the event and the school was shut down because the film sparked public outcry.
nLdr TIL Bruce Willis bought 12,000 girl scout cookies from his daughter and sent them to troops in the middle east and sailors among the USS John F Kennedy
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