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TIL a suburb of Sydney, Australia installed loudspeakers at a “trouble spot” in a car park to drive away the hooligans by playing Barry Manilow songs.

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JYW0V TIL The Rock was considered for the role of Willy Wonka in Tim Burton’s remake
GYjAN TIL In WW1, when they had to deal with the scourge of Zeppelins bombing Britain, the RAF initially sent up a plane equipped with a passenger & a rifle, with just 4 incendiary rounds
gr0jW TIL of Witzelsucht, a neurological condition which causes people to compulsively tell inappropriate puns or stories in social situations.
VmDZ TIL that when Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, he closed the company’s philanthropic programs, and never revived them even when the company became spectacularly successful. Apple didn’t even have a matching program for charitable giving under his leadership, something other large companies do.
6pP8 TIL Ron Goldman’s family won OJ Simpson’s MVP trophy in a civil suit and melted it down to make angel pins for people who donated to non-profits that helped battered women.