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TIL the Dutch town of Spijkenisse has a ‘silly walks’ pedestrian crossing in honor of the Monty Python sketch.

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vmoj TIL that five cow skins are needed for a Porsche interior. Their production amounts to roughly 165000 cars a year (2013 report). 452 cars per day. 2260 cows a day.
VMb60 TIL that nearly 70% of all Americans have less than $1000 in savings and 45% have no savings in all
OgoX TIL Teddy Roosevelt was shot prior to giving a speech. Noticing it missed his lung since he wasn’t coughing up blood, he proceeded to give a ninety minute speech
gMnry TIL that in the 1980s Alyssa Milano befriended Ryan White(A Boy Ostracized For Having Aids) who was a fan of her works.She went on to appear on The Phil Donahue Show alongside Milano to kiss him on the cheek to show that she could not contract the disease.
Erdp TIL the original Illuminati’s goals were “oppose superstition, prejudice, religious influence over public life and abuses of state power, and to support women’s education and gender equality” in otherwords a pretty awesome group of people.