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TIL that bacon has enough energy to melt metal

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ZWKv TIL the largest stadium in the world is in North Korea and has a capacity of 150,000. It was build purely to outdo South Korea’s Seoul Olympic stadium which has a 70,000 capacity
BrAGW TIL Disney abandoned plans for a park in Virginia. Opposition groups complained it would cause suburban sprawl, create "fast food strips" and invite malls. Today the area is a suburb of million-dollar golf course homes, a mall, and a strips of fast food stores.
lojPr TIL Paul McCartney stopped off at a local pub in Harrold, Bedfordshire, and performed "Hey Jude" on June 30 1968, before he'd even showed it to the other Beatles
DxWv TIL That Token (the only black character on South Park) was voiced by storyboard artist Adrien Beard because he was “the only black guy in the building”
5ODP TIL that actor Paul Newman was #19 on Richard Nixon’s “enemies list”