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TIL that the poles used by strippers rotate and that’s why the girls can do such crazy spins.

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JYjVV TIL TV dinners have Thanksgiving to thank. In 1953, a Swanson worker misjudged the number of frozen turkeys it would sell that Thanksgiving by 26 TONS! Somebody then came up with a plan: Why not slice the meat and repackage with some trimmings on the side? Thus, the first TV dinner was born!
69Dp8 TIL about the Woman's Day Massacre in my hometown of Youngstown, Ohio. June 17, 1937 that killed two steel workers and injured 23 people.
pYngA TIL the Battle of Castle Itter, fought on May 5, 1945 near the end of WWII, saw the Americans and Germans join forces to combat the SS attacking the Itter Castle in Austria, known to have housed a number of high-profile French prisoners.
gMaMX TIL that Brad Pitt once tried to buy himself out of the movie ‘Interview with the Vampire’. Upon hearing about the 40M$ exit clause, he shot the movie. It went on to receive 2 Oscar nominations and launched Kirsten Dunst’s career
O9Ga TIL billionaire Howard Hughes bought the small Silver Slipper casino only to re-position the hotel’s trademark neon sign, which was visible from his bedroom and had been keeping him up at night.