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TIL: Spirit Halloween stores are owned by Spencer's since 1999.

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8epMX TIL that Finnish NHL player Esa Tikkanen was known for his indecipherable speech called Tiki-Talk or Tikkanese. Wayne Gretzky once remarked, "He brings something special. I don't know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn't understand his answer."
x6kyw TIL: James Blunt gave Weird Al Yankovic permission to parody his single "You're Beautiful." But after Yankovic recorded "You're Pitiful," Blunt's record label refused to let it be commercially released. Yankovic didn't include it on his album. Instead, he released it as a free digital download.
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