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TIL that, as the name might suggest, Billboard magazine was originally the trade publication for bill posters and billboard installers.

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R7K48 TIL that the Vietnamese unit of currency is the 'Dong.'
BByK TIL 26.5 million Canadians tuned into the gold medal final in men’s hockey during the 2010 Winter Olympics. That’s 80% of the entire country’s population.
9w40p TIL That a few days after the Oklahoma City Bombings, a severed left leg was found in the rubble. DNA evidence showed that it from a victim, Lakesha Levy. When they went to return her leg, it was found that she was already buried with one. It is unknown who the buried leg belongs to.
wL96o TIL the gift shop inside the 45-foot-high steel and concrete Brontosaur at the world famous Cabazon Dinosaur roadside attraction in Cabazon, California now features a creationist museum and sells merchandise that promotes young earth creationism after it was sold to the current owners.
WlD8 TIL the US Embassy in Moscow caught fire in 1977. Sensitive information was stolen by several firefighters who were also KGB agents.