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TIL there was a “gay Hooters” restaurant in Dallas, Texas called Tallywackers that failed within a year of opening

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PYQDw TIL Michael Jordan once tipped a waitress a $5 chip for bringing him a drink. Wayne Gretzky stopped the waitress, removed the $5 chip, grabbed one of the many $100 chips on Jordan’s side of the table, and gave it to her. Then he said, "That's how we tip in Las Vegas, Michael."
nKPb TIL that in Russia, there is a group of boys who attempt to force traffic regulations in Russia, which can vary from blocking cars driving on sidewalks, to placing stickers on cars who park in illegal spot to. The group is called Stop a Douchebag
0d6vy TIL Francis Ngannou worked in Sand mines as a child, was homeless in France, jailed as an illegal in Spain, lived in the forest where he cut himself open scaling barbed wire and was subsequently deserted in the dessert in Morocco before he ever trained to be a fighter.
BrobD TIL The last month of the year used to be February
xVym0 TIL that the world record for most pumpkin pie eaten is 20lbs by Matt Stonie. Weighing in at 130lbs, that means he was at one point 13% pie.