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TIL that the location of the Teletubbies set was so secret that visitors had to be blindfolded.

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VMAQD TIL the streets of medieval England were often named after the activities that went on there (Baker Street, Church Hill). "Gropecunt Lane" is exactly what you think it is.
7BnM TIL: Thomas Edison offered Nikola Tesla $50,000 to improve his DC motor. Upon completion, Edison failed to pay and scoffed, “You don’t understand American humor.”
DwZr TIL that a Dutch athlete was banned from competing (for life) after refusing a sex test in 1950. After her death in 2007, an autopsy discovered a Y chromosome in her DNA, suggesting she was a genetic mosaic…
ZJZa TIL that in 2013, the CIA publicly acknowledged the existence of Area 51 for the first time.
mx8Xp World's steepest funicular rail line to open in Switzerland.