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TIL that during the Centennial park bombing a cameraman died of a heart attack; that same night the band Jack and the Heart Attack were playing.

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xV1lw TIL that Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle attended a dinner party held by an editor looking for content. They each promised to contribute to his magazine. The results of that evening? The Picture of Dorian Gray and the second, franchise-cementing Sherlock Holmes novel The Sign of Four.
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JY0V TIL in Germany they teach kids how to hide a boner…on TV!
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