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TIL fed up by people frequently urinating against houses, a community in Hamburg's red light district started painting walls with water repellent paint so if someone urinate against the wall, their pee would splash off the surface to their shoes.

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x6KL7 TIL that in 2004, Graham Norton hosted "The Graham Norton Effect" on Comedy Central. It received negative reviews and was cancelled after one season.
QZlp TIL Steve Jobs was effectively paid $5,000 to create the game Breakout. Steve Wozniak worked for four straight days without sleep to reach the deadline, which wasn’t real, but something Jobs made up. Wozniak only received $375 while Jobs bought a farm in Oregon
KdEa TIL Many animals were harmed during the filming of Milo and Otis. It was reported that 20 kittens were killed acting as Milo, the producer allegedly had broken a cat’s paw for a scene and threw another one off a cliff.
aw0bb TIL that in 1997 three boys in war- torn Sierre Leone were on the brink of starvation, when they spotted a single yam under a tree. They desperately went to dig it up, but when they did they discovered a 100 carat diamond underneath.
rNWmx TIL - in 1974 the band Ace had their only hit, How Long (has this been going on). The song is not about a cheating girlfriend - it’s about the band’s bass player, who was moonlighting with another band