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TIL the castle from the Rocky Horror Picture Show is now a hotel that you can spend the night in!

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5YAmB TIL that before the 2007 Super Bowl halftime show, the show's producer called up Prince to ask him if he was okay playing in the rain, to which Prince responded: "Can you make it rain harder?"
5Yrn8 TIL Germans have nothing to do with German chocolate cake. It was made by an American whose last name was "German".
Br0r TIL upon its discovery by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898, the element polonium was named after Poland (in latin Polonia) to shed light on the countries lack of independence. It may be the first element named to highlight a political controversy.
NABE TIL Porky Pig, not Bugs Bunny, is the oldest continuing Looney Tunes character.
b6mw4 TIL: Supercomputers know how to solve EVERY chess ending that has seven pieces or fewer remaining, regardless of position, makeup of the remaining pieces, or possible moves. This information, known as endgame tablebase, is currently 18.4 terabytes in size.