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TIL BBC executives had decided not to air the pilot of the sitcom Are You Being Served but needed filler material to broadcast when the 1972 Summer Olympics were interrupted by the Munich Massacre. The show went on to run for 10 seasons and spawned a movie and a 2 season spinoff series

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YpOGv TIL of Jose Mujica, the president of Uruguay from 2010-2015, he was known as the "the world's humblest head of state" as he gave away around 90% of his $12,000 monthly salary to charity. He also led an austere lifestyle; he lived on a farm than in the presidential palace and drove a 1987 VW beetle.
e0MO6 TIL Pakistan used Indian currency notes from 1947 to 1948, Indian notes were stamped with ‘Government of Pakistan’ title | The Reserve Bank of India acted as the common currency authority for India and Pakistan until September 1948
8aY8a TIL that Stephen Hawking hosted a party for time travelers, but no one came. he sent the invites out after the event with the thought that anyone who could time travel would go back and show up to the party
Oog7Y TIL "Wrong Way" Corrigan "accidentally" made an unauthorized transatlantic flight from New York to Ireland instead of California claiming navigational error. Unlike Lindburgh's fancy plane, Corrigan self installed so many "ugly" extra fuel tanks he could barely fit or see out of the cockpit.
RYBQ TIL in 2004, Dave Matthews Band dumped 800lbs of human waste from their tour bus onto a group of tourists in Chicago