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TIL that Love Stinks from The Wedding Singer was a cover of an actual 80s song

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6KR7 TIL: There is a competitive sport called joggling that combines jogging and juggling
N7ZRJ TIL of Rodriguez; a US-based '70s musician, who became a construction worker after commercial failure in the US. However, unbeknown to him, he achieved cult-like status in South Africa, where both his albums went platinum. His daughter found out after discovering a website dedicated to him, in 1997.
axVJ TIL an abandoned water tower on top of a vacant New York City building was turned into a secret rooftop speakeasy. Accessible by ladder from below, the cozy nightclub featured live music and drinks.
xVBbD TIL Children stop believing in Santa at around 8 years old. Errors by 'bumbling parents' are the main cause of children losing their faith in Santa.
DQ95v TIL that the font Calibri has been instrumental in exposing document forgeries worldwide, revealing fake documents in cases ranging from the Pakistani 'Panama Papers' to a U.S. bankruptcy filing, because the font didn't exist during the dates the documents claimed to be from