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TIL that a British Radio sports commentator’s on-air innuendo was so funny, it caused a 2 mile long traffic jam because drivers who were listening couldn’t stop laughing.

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kOoDd TIL while working at a railway, Richard Sears' station received a shipment of gold watches but the jeweler refused the shipment. Sears got the watches at a reduced rate (a common scam) and sold them to his coworkers who needed to keep accurate time. The success lead to his first mail-order catalog.
rRg1e TIL that Traute Lafrenz, a member of the famous and heroic White Rose resistance group in Nazi Germany, is still alive at age 102 and living in South Carolina.
Od6L TIL that 35 policemen armed with AK47’s had to rescue a shaved orangutan that was being used as a sex slave in a Borneo brothel in Indonesia.
EgdVX TIL of Porphyrios. A whale that harassed Byzantine Sailors for over 50 years, even sinking numerous ships.
69GEJ TIL that China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrated mid air because of a faulty maintenance done 22 years earlier.