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yV8bV TIL that there's an Indian restaurant chain called “Oh! Calcutta”. But it bears no relation to the 1969 controversial, totally-nude, avant-garde revue which ran for 5,959 performances, which made it the longest-running revue in Broadway history at the time.
ex5E TIL: That the common belief that a person drowning (or close to) will yell and wave their arms is the opposite of the truth - instead the “Instinctive Drowning Response” kicks in.
691G8 TIL about the Scunthorpe problem, which is the unintentional blocking of online content because of a censored string. AOL refused service to Scunthorpe, England because their filters kept censoring the word 'cunt'.
1Gn4 TIL that in many South Park episodes A-star celebrities star in non-speaking roles. Jerry Seinfeld once offered to lend his voice for an episode, but declined to appear when he was only offered the role as “Turkey #2”.
VMaLD TIL about Adolph Metzger, a bugler who used his instrument as a weapon until it was battered shapeless in the Fetterman Fight. Metzger was the only soldier whose dead body was not mutilated. Instead the Indians covered him with a buffalo hide. His dented bugle is now displayed in a Wyoming museum.