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TIL that in 2009, Culture club singer Boy George was jailed for attempting to falsely imprison a male sex worker. He was handcuffed to a 'wall fixture', and beaten with a chain before managing to escape.

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vOQx TIL that in 1961 at Jackass Flats, Nevada, the United States successfully tested a nuclear aircraft engine that would hug the terrain at mach 3. During its flight to the target, the proposed unmanned bomber would have deafened, flattened, and irradiated our allies. The project was cancelled in 1964.
e9Yn TIL that the residents of Sarajevo remembered those lost in the Bosnian War by filling in with red resin the scars in the concrete caused by mortar/rocket shells. These haunting memorials are called Sarajevo Roses.
b9PV7 TIL Kente cloth colors and patterns have specific meanings, and is often used to make silent, but intentional statements.
lD05 TIL that Ferrari fired its President despite the company being poised to announce record financial figures, because the Formula One team had not been winning any races.
E1J7p TIL Mario was given his cap in his first appearance in Donkey Kong because of the limited advances in video game graphics when the game was made. A red cap was added because programmers found it difficult to create the hair movement that would occur when the character jumped.