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TIL “Don’t Mess with Texas” was created as part of a marketing campaign aimed at 16-24 yr old males to stop throwing their trash all over Texas.

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AD78x TIL the people of St. Pauli, Hamburg, were sick of their district smelling like urine because of nightclub patrons relieving themselves on the street. So they painted the buildings with special paint that repels water so forcefully public urinators end up peeing on themselves.
dAKQ TIL that during the recording of Iron Maiden’s “Number of the Beast”, unexplained phenomena occurred. This all climaxed when the producer, Martin Birch, was involved in a car accident with a mini-bus transporting a group of nuns, after which he was presented with a repair bill for £666.
oBZxr TIL Michael Jackson’s Thriller went platinum not once, not twice, but thirty-three times
P1mn TIL that 94% of languages are spoken by 6% of the world’s population
OPn1 TIL that the urge to jump from high places is called “L’appel du vide” which translates to “call of the void.”