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TIL that Blackjack Pizza was founded by a former Domino's employee who wanted give Colorado an alternative to his former employer and the name is a reference to how the latter is named after a game.

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6DPW TIL that in 2008, a conservative town in Oregon elected the 1st openly transgender, cross-dressing mayor in the US. When the Westboro Baptist Church came to protest, many of the male residents of the town wore dresses as an act of solidarity with their mayor.
8PXZ TIL that when you are on social security in Germany, the government has to pay for your internet connection, because it is seen as a basic human right
Wk8o TIL celibacy rules for priests arose so the Church, not children, would inherit their money
R7lg6 TIL Roman Emperor Commodus once round up citizens of Rome that were missing their feet through illness or accident and tethered them together for Commodus to club to death while pretending they were giants.
6DLQ TIL in 2001 Mattel sold a Harry Potter Nimbus 2000 flying broom that vibrated when kids rode it. They pulled it from stores after adult stores began selling the toy.