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TIL That 90s porn star Asia Carrera was not only a member of MENSA, with an IQ of 156, she was such a fan of the game Unreal Tournament she created her own character skins which showed her in skimpy outfits in the classic FPS game.

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pYEpb TIL that in the 1980s, A&W launched their third-pounder burger to compete with the quarter-pounder. Confused about low sales, they conducted a study and found that around half the participants thought a third was smaller than a quarter. The burger was rebranded to the "papa burger."
9wP6M TIL that the once popular fast food automat concept still exists in Amsterdam as FEBO
xrww TIL In 1955 Hugh Hefner released a short story about straight men being persecuted in a gay world. After receiving numerous hatemail, he released a statement saying “If it was wrong to persecute heterosexuals in a homosexual society then the reverse was wrong, too.”
pVL4 TIL that Abraham Lincoln was such a good wrestler that he was inducted in the national wrestling hall of fame
0dey5 TIL after tigers escaped from a zoo in Georgia and killed a man, advice was issued on what to do if you meet a tiger, including: don’t approach it, don’t run away, and don’t urinate