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TIL that in 1987 students from Caltech changed the Hollywood sign to read CALTECH

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yB5a TIL that every Icelanders will receive a payout of 215 euro for the sale of one of its three largest banks, Íslandsbanki. Iceland, being the only European nation to fully recover fully from the 2008 crisis, has recently jailed its 26th banker for causing the financial chaos.
MME7 TIL: That witches were originally depicted as riding a broomstick as a euphemism riding the devils dick
jND0p TIL the oldest woman to climb El Capitan is the mother of Alex Honnold (of Free Solo fame) who did it at the age of 66. Her first time in a climbing gym was when she was 57.
0dbrA TIL in 2005, three lions rescued a girl of 12 kidnapped by men who wanted to force her into marriage, chasing off her abductors and protecting her until she was rescued by Ethiopian police.
GY9NJ TIL that Harry Nilsson was worried about renting Flat 12 to the Who's drummer, Keith Moon, believing it was cursed because singer Cass Elliot had died there at age 32. Moon took the flat saying "lightning wouldn't strike twice." He died in the flat age 32, having taken an overdose of 32 pills