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TIL there was a traffic jam in Beijing, China that lasted 9 days and 100km

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PX5Z TIL that when Weird Al Yancovic made his video for the song “Fat,” – a parody of Michael Jackson’s song/video Bad,“ he was allowed to use the same set that Michael had recreated for use in his film"Moonwalker.” Michael let Al use the set free of charge.
VBloB TIL the first director of the Big Brother series also directed The Human Centipede movies
4XrJw TIL Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg suffered from a severe fear of the number 13. He predicted correctly that he would die when he was 76, because 7+6=13. He did die on July 13th, 13 minutes before midnight
AYLB TIL the average high schooler has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient did in the early 1950s
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