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TIL There’s a restaurant in Milwaukee named “Don’s TV Repair.”

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EXpP TIL that the famous tennis rivalry between John McEnroe and Björn Borg ended in 1981 when McEnroe beat him in the US Open final to claim his 3rd consecutive title. Borg left the stadium without a word and flew home to Sweden, quitting competitive tennis that day. He was 25 years old.
b96p TIL that a Japanese porno called The Naked Continent Charity Project, which depicts pornstars travelling to villages in developing and having sex with natives, donated $10,000 and donates $10 for every DVD sold, to a charity that helps orphans in western Kenya.
0Wgp TIL: In 1778 George Washington celebrated Independence day by giving his soldiers a double ration of rum.
Qovd TIL homosexuality was still classified as an illness in Sweden in 1979. Swedes protested by calling in sick to work, claiming they felt gay
YeRZ TIL Americans were more likely to help strangers than any other nationality according to the World Giving Index