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TIL The Village People Put out a New Romantic Album in 1980-

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Z86Bp TIL that a 1992 Japanese TV show combined English lessons with gymnastic exercise programs. On the show, three gymnasts would perform synchronized exercises while chanting phrases like, "Hasta la vista, baby," "Spare me my life!", "I was robbed by two men!", and "I have a bad case of diarrhea."
x67x0 TIL Italy has a dozen or so spoken languages, not dialects, although Italians often refer to them as such. Many predate the Italian language, and some are of Germanic and Slavonic origin. While Italian is Italy's national language and spoken by most, many speak their "dialect" in their region.
apm0 TIL movie theater popcorn costs more per ounce than filet mignon
D10ee TIL that instead of getting a patent on the aluminum can, Bill Coors of Coors Brewing Company decided to sell the instructions and engineering package to anyone interested for $300k because he believed that aluminums cans and recycling should be the industry standard for beverages.
oal7 TIL that French Sprinter Christophe Lemaitre was invited to join the KKK after becoming the first non-black sprinter to run the 100 meters in under 10 seconds