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TIL that on the first night of Jerry Sandusky's prison sentence, inmates taunted him all night singing the Pink Floyd lyrics, "Hey, teacher! Leave those kids alone!"

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gMx68 TIL that the Lotus Bridge between left-lane-driving Macau and right-lane-driving China allows for traffic to seamlessly switch the side of the road that they are driving on at the border.
Zp7Mv TIL that Mercedes McCambridge's (the actress who voiced the demon in The Exorcist) son embezzled extensively from his company, got caught, and murdered his family and then himself. He blamed his mother.
aRbJ TIL that snooker player Bill Webeniuk was famous for his drinking ability. He once drank 76 cans during a match. On another occasion after winning a drinking competition by drinking 43 pints he said I’m away to the bar now for a proper drink".
5V45B TIL there’s a huge snowman known as Snowzilla that gets built every year in Anchorage, Alaska. In 2008, the city tried to put an end to it, and on Christmas morning snowmen holding protest signs appeared outside city hall in response.
Y7ZPB TIL that the U.S. Army created four fake armies and over 20 fake divisions, including insignia and documents, to mislead and confuse the Germans during WWII