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TIL Tucson is the longest continuously inhabited region in the US stretching back for at least 4,000 years

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G4Og TIL That Hungary held a contest to name a Danube River bridge. Within days, “Stephen Colbert hid” (hid is Hungarian for bridge) was number one in the poll with 17 million votes, seven million more than the population of Hungary.
KOdwB TIL after the movie Office Space premiered, Swingline received requests for red staplers, which they stopped selling years prior. Due to high demand, they began to produce the red staplers again. They would later become the company's best selling stapler and transform the image of the company.
9n6B TIL: Traditional circus clowns are derived from Irish Stereotypes. Bushy red hair, white skin, gin-blossom nose, Drunken behavior, patched clothing.
9YrwX TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't allowed to dub his own role in Terminator in German, as his accent is considered very rural by German/Austrian standards and it would be too ridiculous to have a death machine from the future come back in time and sound like a hillbilly.
e0O8L TIL: Not to pinch and pull a honey bee sting out, because it releases all the venom; instead, drag it with your thumb.