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9axr TIL on April 1 1974 Oliver Bickar took 70 tires to the top of Mt. Edgecumbe and lit them on fire. The locals thought the 400-year dormant volcano was erupting and a helicopter was sent up to check it out. When the helicopter arrived, the pilot found the words “APRIL FOOL” spray painted on the snow.
7pAZ TIL Charles Manson took 150 hours of Scientology courses and but rejected it as “too crazy”
vkK7 TIL a German power washing company donates its cleaning services to monuments around the world, including Christ the Redeemer, the Seattle Space Needle, and Mount Rushmore. Besides being a nice philanthropic venture, this has helped them develop new techniques as they work on abnormal monuments.
Zpdk4 TIL that Pandora didn't open a box - she opened a jar. (Pithos - the word in Greek for the thing she opened - is a large ceramic jar the size of a person.)
7rBM TIL the movie that holds the record for most uses of the word “fuck” is “Fuck. ” The word is used between nine and ten times per minute for 93 minutes.