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TIL the eternal flame at Arc de Triomphe in Paris has only been extinguished once: by drunken Mexican football fans who urinated it after the final of 1998 World Cup, when France defeated Brazil

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80D8 TIL 150 homosexual couples won a battle against Spartans in 378 B.C
GGvj TIL That Volkwagen Group owns all of the following brands: Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Ducatti, Lamborghini, MAN, Porsche, Scania, SEAT, SKODA, and, of course, Volkswagen.
OoLJL TIL The rumors about Tesla using Colbalt from child labor is false. They use no Colbalt since 2018, and the least of any lithium battery manufacturer.
aj60 TIL when asked if Bert and Ernie were gay, Sesame st CEO Gary Knell replied “They are not gay, they are not straight. They are puppets. They don’t exist below the waist.”
R7gb1 TIL a radio DJ managed to get a non-existent book onto the New York Times Best Seller list by telling his listeners to request it in book stores, he also gave them a fake author name and a basic plot outline to convince others it was real