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TIL that University of Alabama’s visitors locker room is named the ‘Fail’ room after alum & donor James M. Fail, who said “I figured it was the most appropriate opportunity I would ever have to use my name”

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N4ge TIL During an interview about the casting of Jean-Luc Picard, Gene Roddenberry was asked by a reporter, “Surely they would have cured baldness by the 24th century?” Roddenberry answered, “In the 24th century, they wouldn’t care.”
oxvK TIL in a review of LMFAO’s “Sorry for Party Rocking,” NME gave the album 0 out of 10 calling the songs “so imbecilic that if you ate a can of Alphabetti Spaghetti you could shit out more intelligent lyrics to a more pleasing tune.”
vPBn4 TIL: The flag flown on the Peace Tower in Canada's Parliament Hill is changed every day (cept holidays) and any resident can request to receive the flag that was taken down (for free) - current wait time is over 100 years
e0PXD TIL that natural gas, propane, etc don't really have a smell of their own. A chemical called methanethiol is added as a safety measure because it is detectable by the human nose at incredibly small concentrations. It is also partially responsible for the smell of bad breath and flatulence.
ma0y TIL when kidnapped by pirates, a young Julius Caesar basically took charge of the ship, ordered his captors around & even read them his poetry (while reminding them they’d be crucified afterwards, which the pirates found hilarious.) Once free he raised a navy, captured them, and had them crucified.