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TIL The French government forced Madame Tussaud to make models of her friends’ decapitated heads

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JYZgm TIL about Ern Malley, a fictitious Australian poet created to ridicule modernist poetry. A modernist journal devoted an issue to his poems and the editor was sued for immoral material. A policeman said "I don't know what 'incestuous' means, but I think there is a suggestion of indecency about it."
rDme TIL that in 2017, Norway will be the first country in the world to shut down FM radio and go digital instead. Norway plans to switch to DAB (which stands for ‘Digital Audio Broadcasting’), since FM is eight times more expensive.
nnXb TIL in Finland most fines are tied to the income of the offender to ensure that both they can afford it, and that it will adequately hurt. One Nokia executive was hit with a $103,600 ticket for driving 15kph over the limit believed to be the most expensive speeding ticket ever.
awmvM TIL: The song 'Tears of A Clown' by Iron Maiden was inspired by the depression and tragic death of comedian and actor Robin Williams.
9wxp7 TIL Jägermeister campaign "TGGD - TrinkGeld Gehört Dazu / trans. Tip belongs to it" wants, that Germans get used to the concept that "tip everyone you pay" while clubbing or drinking at a pub/bar, this includes cab drivers as they bring you there, tip higher, tip every time.