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TIL NY State prosecuted a fake architect named "Newman," and called the investigation "Operation Vandelay Industries," based on two Seinfeld characters, including fake architect George Costanza, aka "Art Vandelay."

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4mmX TIL that most Americans spend less than $9 per year on NASA through personal income tax
v8OL TIL: That a fan once sent Tolkien a goblet with the words from the One Ring inscribed on it in the Black Speech of Mordor. The powerful spell in an accursed tongue led the author to never drink from it. Instead, he used it as an ashtray.
gMoW8 TIL that U2 has performed only one show without the full band; Adam Clayton got so drunk the night before a show in Sydney that he couldn't go on stage and was replaced by one of the band's technicians. Clayton felt so bad he missed the show that he quit drinking.
mJBx TIL Speedo invented a swimsuit so advanced, it broke 23 of 25 world records and was banned as being classed as “technological doping”.
P1dEE TIL that the inventor of the Pringles can was buried in one. His family honored his request by placing his ashes in a Pringles tube.