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TIL Switzerland has no official capital city
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TIL: The Idiot Sandwich meme comes from a comedy sketch, and wasn't a real moment from one of his shows
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TIL that when Jackie Gleason needed $200 for a train ticket to New York (he was afraid of flying), he went to a local storekeeper and asked for a loan. When the shopkeeper asked for ID, Gleason took him to a movie theater to watch a movie he was in. Gleason got the loan, and paid it back promptly.
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TIL a US Navy SEAL suffered through 30 minutes of agonizing hell to save his teammates from an exploding grenade. Not a karma whoring attempt, I just really want people to remember this guy
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TIL that Victor Salva, director of Jeepers Creepers and Powder, sexually abused (which he recorded) the 12 year old lead of his 1989 film Clownhouse. He served only 15 months in prison. The victim never acted again.
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TIL: Chicago Quietly Allows .1 Second Shorter Yellow Light Tickets, Makes $8 Million. (yellow minimum = 3 seconds)