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TIL that director Fritz Lang had a meeting with Goebbels
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TIL when Elton John changed his name from Reginald Dwight, he also gave himself a middle name. His full name is Elton Hercules John
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TIL Speeding tickets in Finland are determined by the driver’s annual income and a man once received a $200,000 fine for driving 50 mph in a 25 mph zone.
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TIL about Exploding Head Syndrome, a sleep/headache disorder in which a person may hear a loud, hallucinatory noise right before falling asleep/waking up. Despite the vivid name, it is completely harmless.
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TIL: Impressed with his energy and ability to do the splits, the owner of the Oakland A's hired an 11-year old named Stanley Burrell as a batboy and personal play-by-play announcer. A's player Reggie Jackson gave the kid a nickname, Hammer, who would later become MC Hammer.
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TIL that Dubai uses slave labor to build their skyscrapers.