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glZ4 TIL that is 2009 two men randomly decided to attack two men dressed in drag. It turned out the two drag queens were cage fighters in fancy dress.
QJpmk TIL Soundgarden's album Superunknown (1994) employed 7 different guitar tuning for individual songs including very unorthodox ones.
rv40 TIL NY’s Statue of Liberty is legally married (under Nevada’s laws) to Christopher Columbus monument in Barcelona, Spain.
v17X7 TIL The Shining (1980) borrowed heavily from the previous Burnt Offerings (1976) - a haunted mansion requiring upkeep, a struggling writer with wife and son, fatherly violence toward the son, possession and slide into insanity, and getting sucked into black and white photos at the end
vP4wx TIL Savitri Devi was invited by fellow Nazi Francoise Dior to stay at her chateau in 1970 as part of their post war networking. The visit turned unpleasant and she had to leave because of Devi's annoying habits: she was constantly chewing on garlic and didn't take a shower during her 9 month visit