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TIL when the American Dairy Association was extending its “Got Milk?” ads into Mexico, the Spanish translation ended up as “Are you lactating?”

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OoaM7 TIL Jimi Hendrix and his band accidentally dropped lump of hash in their dressing room's sink right before a BBC concert. They had to dismantle the drainpipe to save it. "I found a maintenance man and begged tools [..] We succeeded in our task and had a great smoke." remembers drummer Mitch Mitchell
k4EE TIL that German Stalingrad veterans would often break their infantry assault badges as an indication that earning the assault badge in Stalingrad was a different level of achievement than earning it somewhere else
e0XKD TIL in historic folklore, vampires suffered from arithmomania (compulsive counting). They were often combatted by placing great quantities of items near them in order to keep them occupied. This served as inspiration for The Count on Sesame Street.
OGLw7 TIL that "Forever Young" by Alphaville, a favorite of high school dances for 40 years, is actually about nuclear war
KY4a TIL The highest paid hedge fund manager made $3 billion last year. That’s just under $1.5 million dollars an hour.