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TIL A Stretch of Route 66 Will Play ‘America the Beautiful’ as You Drive to the Side

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xVdJ1 TIL Sammy Davis Jr. disliked "The Candy Man" so much, he rushed through recording his vocals in two takes, convinced "the song is going straight to the toilet, pulling his career down with it". It ended up being his only Number One Hit, spending three weeks at the top of the Billboard Top 100.
lZxN TIL the Yapese use large stone “coins” for money which can weigh up to 8,800 lbs. Rather than move them, they usually just keep track of who the owner is. When one was lost at sea, people continued to “trade” it even though it was never recovered, since they all agreed it must still exist.
x695k TIL about the loneliest whale in the world. Dubbed "The 52-hertz whale", it appears to be the only individual emitting a whale call at this frequency in the whole world. The whale itself has never been sighted.
5Vnar TIL that 'Penny dreadful', which started in Britain in the 1830's, were the first 'Pop Culture' product. The serial stories, mass produced for new, young readers, sold up to a million copies per week. Each chapter had 8-16 pages and cost a penny. Sensational topics included crime, the supernatural.
AMgB TIL Paul Rudd and Jon Hamm once played each other in a game of Trivial Pursuit for the affections of a girl