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TIL Detroit’s tourism slogan is “Enjoy the D”
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TIL The full name of the famous Chuck E. Cheese’s mouse is Charles Entertainment Cheese, and he has a depressing backstory. He grew up as an orphan at St. Marinara’s Orphanage, and because he never had his own birthday, he fills the void by hosting birthday parties for everyone else.
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TIL that the guitar solo in "Free Bird" was created for lead singer Ronnie Van Zant to rest, as the band was playing several sets per night at clubs at the time
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TIL that a saxophone was among the casualties of the Challenger disaster.
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TIL that the U.S. Army had a tactical deception unit nicknamed “The Ghost Army”, which used inflatable tanks, loudspeakers and radio to fool German soldiers.
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TIL of the "World's Littlest Skyscraper", a building built in 1919 by a man who accepted $200,000 (in the 1910s) for it's construction, neglecting to point out to investors that the listed height of 480 was in inches, not feet.