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TIL Adolf Hitler liked Rochdale Town Hall so much, he wanted to “ship the building, brick-by-brick, to Nazi Germany had the United Kingdom been defeated in the Second World War.”

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XXeP TIL Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx from Mötley Crüe had a bet over who could go the longest without showering and still score with groupies. The bet ended after a groupie vomited pasta on Sixx’ shoes in the course of fellatio, which inspired the title of the Guns ‘N Roses album The Spaghetti Incident.
KY0lJ TIL Salesmen at a insurance Company were rewarded with an Orgy
W76GY TIL a very disproportionate amount of celebrities come from rich families
b94PZ TIL a Pantograph is the accordion-like apparatus on top of a train that draws current from the overhead wires. Its called that due to its resemblance to the other Pantograph, linked sticks which produce a duplicate copy of handwriting and artwork. The word itself means "All writing/drawing."
EgYN7 TIL Bill Murray was bitten twice by the groundhog while filming Groundhogs day. The doc who treated him declined to give him a rabies shot because he didn’t know if groundhogs were carriers. When Murray asked, “what if i get rabies?” he responded, “then we’ll know [they’re carriers], won’t we.”