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TIL Russia wants Bulgarians to stop painting soviet monuments to look like american superheros.

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jwjM TIL Singer James Blunt auctioned his sister off on eBay as ‘a damsel in distress’ when she was unable to get to a funeral. The winning bidder picked her up in a helicopter. They dated for 3 years and are now married.
p80nN TIL Carl Benz's wife Bertha was the first motorist. In the summer of 1888 Bertha decided to “test drive” the second prototype Motorwagen on a journey from Mannheim to Pforzheim, a distance of more than 50 miles in a single day and left a note for Carl on the kitchen table
b9aGp TIL the creator of the sims got the idea for the video game while trying to rebuild his life after a house fire.
N75KJ TIL televangelist Jerry Falwell said in opposition to Brown v. Board of Education: When God has drawn a line of distinction, we should not attempt to cross that line.
4X8Db TIL of a band called Dread Zeppelin. A parody band, they perform Zeppelin material in a reggae style, sung by a 300-pound Elvis impersonator.