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TIL, Wisconsin uses briny water from cheese production to de-ice their roads in winter.

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d8ZLj TIL that a high school basketball coach was fired after his team won 100-0 because the Catholic school he worked for thought that winning by such a wide margin did not show a “Christlike and honourable approach to competition”.
MeA87 TIL that The Imp of the Perverse is a metaphor for the urge to do exactly the wrong thing in a given situation for the sole reason that it is possible for wrong to be done. The impulse is compared to an imp (a small demon) which leads an otherwise decent person into mischief.
XE1kj TIL The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's author Douglas Adams chose the name for Pink Floyd's 1994 album, The Division Bell.
N7AjJ TIL of an unusual death at the Condor Club, San Francisco in 1983. Bouncer Jimmy Ferrozzo and his girlfriend Theresa Hill were having sex on the club's famous white piano which descended from the ceiling via cables. They accidentally hit the 'on' switch and the piano ascended, asphyxiating Ferrozzo.
loxnN TIL that “Schnapsidee” is the German word for a ridiculous idea that only sounds good when you’re drunk.