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TIL that at one point, in 2020, the world's last Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon hosted 90s-themed sleepovers via Airbnb

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jK9p TIL that Pee-wee Herman began as a raunchy nightclub act/HBO special, before toning it down for children’s television
BrPYL TIL that the TIE fighters in Star Wars were named that way because George Lucas thought they looked like bow ties.
9w7pr TIL that some people search currency bills for interesting serial number sequences. Saw a $1 where all but one digit was a “6” and the dude was asking $475.
E1p9V TIL that the women of Bari tribe of Venezuela believes that a child can have multiple biological fathers. That, a child is not born from the sperm of a single man, but from the accumulation of sperm in a woman's womb.
QJVbX TIL that Yoko Ono and Prince Akihito (later the Emperor of Japan) were classmates at the Gakushuin, a private school for Japan's noble families