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TIL A hotel chain has resident dogs who greet guests in the lobby, accompany them on walks and to make them feel at home.

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4krno TIL that Paul Thomas Anderson filmed a late night informercial with Tom Cruise as Frank T.J Mackey from Magnolia promoting his "Seduce and Destroy System" from Magnolia (1999). Anderson bought time on late night TV to play it on and a lot of late night viewers called convinced it was a real product.
VnkB TIL Betteridge’s law states, “Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.”
N94Q TIL that in 1978, a man was shot clean through the face by a particle beam and is still alive today.
Ye5Z TIL that Bill Gates is offering $100,000 to the scientist who creates a next generation condom that “significantly preserves or improves sexual pleasure, in order to improve uptake and regular use”.
dOod TIL In the late 19th Century a plain, thin, red or black ribbon choker had ties to prostitution, as seen in Manet’s painting Olympia