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TIL that the most prolific musical artist of all time is a Japanese noise musician named Merzbow, who's released 420 original albums since 1980

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nWoJG TIL that in 1974, filmmaker Bob Clark directed a horror film, "Black Christmas," about a deranged killer who murdered girls on a sorority campus during the Christmas season. 9 years later in 1983, Clark once again directed a Christmas film, this time a family-comedy, titled "A Christmas Story."
v1Lxx TIL that the City of London, the ancient center of Greater London, uniquely allows businesses headquartered within its limits to vote alongside residents. The “business vote” was almost eliminated in 1969, but the local resident population is so small that abolishing it was considered impractical.
dDEN7 TIL Germany has the highest number of men who sit down to pee in Europe and they are called Sitzpinklers
JYw9k TIL when Sigmund Freud expatriated from Nazi-ruled Austria, he was required to sign a document certifying he was treated well. Reportedly he wrote sarcastically, "I can most highly recommend the Gestapo to everyone."
ePXb TIL that as the Titanic sank, someone unlocked the kennels holding all the passengers’ pet dogs, “leading to the surreal sight of a pack of excited dogs racing up and down the slanting deck as the ship went down.”