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TIL that Joy Division/New Order bass player Peter Hook was questioned as a suspect in the Yorkshire Ripper case. It turned out the band’s touring schedule was similar to the serial killer’s movements

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BgbQK TIL that the Chinese general Zhang Zongchang had the nickname "Old Eighty Six". It's unknown what this meant, but rumours say this either referred to his height or the length of his penis, which reputedly was as tall as a pile of 86 Mexican silver dollars--a common currency of China at the time.
ajJM TIL: A Study about butter, funded by butter industry, found that butter is bad for you
kBYe TIL the blast of air you feel when walking into a store is to prevent insects from flying in.
4kbVX TIL about the temple of Aphrodite Kallipygos" in ancient Syracuse, Sicily. Literally translating to Aphrodite of the Beautiful Buttocks. There’s even a statue at the National Archeological Museum of Naples and another in the Jardin des Tuileries
wLmRJ TIL Inspector Todd from the Beverley Hills Cop movies was a real Detroit cop and was involved in state wide corruption which also implicated Detroit mayor Coleman Young as depicted in the movie White Boy Rick.