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TIL that despite being the best selling album until 1982’s Thriller, the soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever had no Oscar nominations for Best Original Song.

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dDvb9 TIL Joseph Bazalgette, the man who designed London's sewers in the 1860's, said 'Well, we're only going to do this once and there's always the unforeseen' and doubled the pipe diameter. If he had not done this, it would have overflowed in the 1960's (its still in use today).
6k9Z TIL there are over 10 parasites that control their hosts minds, and the flu is considered one on humans as evidence was found that influenza virus makes people more sociable
lMWB TIL that Austin, TX is the only city in the world still actively using moonlight towers.
bLJ7 TIL that the world record for the largest number ever counted to belongs to Jeremy Harper. He streamed the entire process online , and raised money for charity. He reached 1,000,000. It took him 3 months.
y8QM TIL the Twinkies Woody Harrelson eats in the movie Zombieland were fake, because Harrelson is a vegan