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TIL in 2010 Spain held a siesta competition. It lasted 20 minutes and contestants were awarded points on the quality of their sleep, their positions, their snores and even for their pyjamas.

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WbdB TIL there have been 30 different Batman logos since 1940
N65e TIL that 111-year-old Alexander Imich was a survivor of both the Holocaust and the Soviet gulags. Mr. Imich also became the World’s Oldest Living Man in 2014.
p8Wmb TIL that a 'creole' is a stable language developed from mixing other languages together suddenly (no, not just French/English - any pair of languages), while a 'pidgin' is simplified bridging language between two languages.
96BG TIL That in 1936 at a surprise birthday party for Walt Disney two animators presented an animated Mickey and Minnie Mouse sex tape, Disney laughed and asked who made the film, after one of the men stepped forward Disney fired him.
M7DMB TIL 90s dance club anthem 'Insomnia' by Faithless was inspired after Maxi Jazz had dental surgery and was up all night with pain. He wrote the lyrics in 20 minutes and laid down the vocal track in 25 minutes. The song is unique in that the main keyboard riff does not appear until nearly the end.