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TIL the stereotype about lesbians driving Subarus was actually started BY Subaru which essentially saved the company in the 90s.

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8ewwP TIL that since coming out as gay, Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford has decided to avoid returning to certain parts of the world for fear of lapidation (being stoned to death).
J408 TIL that, during the conquest of Mexico and due to lack of gunpowder, three Spanish conquistadors climbed the Popocatépetl volcano (17,802 ft/5,426 m) and hung themselves using ropes into the crater to get sulfur for their cannons and succeded. Six times.
xYag TIL humans are the greatest endurance-runners in the animal kingdom. Over a long enough distance a human can outrun any other animal on this planet.
neXL7 TIL Nietzsche's opinion about poets from Henry Rollins of Black Flag: "Poets are those who muddy their waters to make them appear deep".
7rLwZ TIL that in 1861, Japan had an illustrated history of America which depicted, among other things, John Adams stabbing a giant snake, and George Washington punching a Tiger.