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TIL about Richard Ankrom, an artist who created and installed a perfect replica of a highway sign to prevent motorists from missing the exit from CA-110 (north) to I-5 (north)

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dDXOd TIL about the AC/DC rule: the initial chart and sales performance of a new record album is often a reflection of the success of the artist's prior album, not the merits of the new record itself. This "rule" is named after AC/DC's Back In Black and For Those About To Rock We Salute You albums.
KOdKa TIL Ikea ran a print advert which you urinated on, and if you were pregnant it gave you a 50% discount on a crib.
6EMLX TIL The world’s most expensive coffee is from beans cycled through an Indonesian monkey’s digestive system.
GaRN TIL That Cleopatra and Mark Antony formed their own drinking club in 41 B.C. and were known to take part in elaborate games and contests and to walk the streets of Alexandria in disguise, pranking the residents
QNXB6 TIL the Turkish national sport is oil wrestling where men cover themselves in olive oil and then wrestle. It is also allowed to slip your hand into other wrestler shorts.